Leadership, Management and Command: Rethinking D-DayThe author argues that the successes and failures of D-Day, on both sides, cannot be explained by comparing the competing strategies of each side. Instead he provides an account of the battle through the overarching nature of the relationship between the leaders and their followers. |
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... French Resistance . 4.6 The Resistance In February 1943 the Vichy government passed a forced - labour law , requiring all French men of mobilizable age to work for the Germans . Many men refused and some , especially in the unoccupied ...
... French Resistance . 4.6 The Resistance In February 1943 the Vichy government passed a forced - labour law , requiring all French men of mobilizable age to work for the Germans . Many men refused and some , especially in the unoccupied ...
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... French civilians , and many Normans , were active in the far more dangerous activities of the French Resistance , the Maquis . Over 2,700 members of the Norman French Resistance are known to have died over- all and around 3,000 were ...
... French civilians , and many Normans , were active in the far more dangerous activities of the French Resistance , the Maquis . Over 2,700 members of the Norman French Resistance are known to have died over- all and around 3,000 were ...
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... French speaking Canadians did not . Ultimately , French - Canadians comprised 10 per cent of the Canadian army with 50,000 troops by January 1941. But ethnic diversity was far more complex than any simple Anglo - French distinction ...
... French speaking Canadians did not . Ultimately , French - Canadians comprised 10 per cent of the Canadian army with 50,000 troops by January 1941. But ethnic diversity was far more complex than any simple Anglo - French distinction ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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