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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Page 114
... German High Command and was expected at any time from January 1944 on , but probably in the spring or June / July . Even taking into account the poor information gleaned by the Luftwaffe in May and June an array of simple errors by the ...
... German High Command and was expected at any time from January 1944 on , but probably in the spring or June / July . Even taking into account the poor information gleaned by the Luftwaffe in May and June an array of simple errors by the ...
Page 221
... German navy was less aristocratic in origin but more aristocratic in culture than the German army , and even when the British army became less dominated by the aristocracy , it still maintained its aristocratic culture . US army culture ...
... German navy was less aristocratic in origin but more aristocratic in culture than the German army , and even when the British army became less dominated by the aristocracy , it still maintained its aristocratic culture . US army culture ...
Page 301
... German infantry division was almost twice that of its larger American counterpart . The equivalent firepower of the 15,976 members of the German 3rd Parachute Division was even greater at 2,082,535 - that is , over three times greater ...
... German infantry division was almost twice that of its larger American counterpart . The equivalent firepower of the 15,976 members of the German 3rd Parachute Division was even greater at 2,082,535 - that is , over three times greater ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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