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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... approach is to consider why strategies do not fit naturally under the Tame Problem approach . This is best illustrated by reference to the game called ' Scissor , Paper , Stone ' that embodies a fundamental dilemma for strategic ...
... approach is to consider why strategies do not fit naturally under the Tame Problem approach . This is best illustrated by reference to the game called ' Scissor , Paper , Stone ' that embodies a fundamental dilemma for strategic ...
Page 116
... approach to a ' hard shell ' approach and the Allies did the reverse . The soft shell approach embod- ies flexibility at the cost of sustaining reparable damage . In effect , like animals , the surface tissue is easily damaged but ...
... approach to a ' hard shell ' approach and the Allies did the reverse . The soft shell approach embod- ies flexibility at the cost of sustaining reparable damage . In effect , like animals , the surface tissue is easily damaged but ...
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... approach best described as ' more of the same ' when oftentimes that approach seems entirely redundant . Thus the Allied problems of confusing the Germans as to the landing place and time were not ones that had been faced and solved ...
... approach best described as ' more of the same ' when oftentimes that approach seems entirely redundant . Thus the Allied problems of confusing the Germans as to the landing place and time were not ones that had been faced and solved ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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29th Division Airborne Division aircraft Allied American Armoured Division artillery attack Badsey Balkoski Battalion battery battle bluffs bombardment bombers bombing Botting Bradley Brigade Caen Calais Canadian captured casualties cent Chandler and Collins Churchill combat commanders Company Corps counter-attack D-Day DD tanks defenders destroyed destroyers DUKWs Eiler Eisenhower enemy fighter fighting fire forces France French glider Gold Beach Hitler Infantry Division invasion June Juno Juno Beach killed landing craft LCTs leadership Linderman London Luftwaffe machine guns miles military Montgomery move naval Neillands Normandy Normann officers Omaha Beach Operation Ouistreham Panzer Division paratroopers Pitcairn-Jones Pointe du Hoc Quoted in Ambrose Quoted in Blandford Quoted in Collier Quoted in Delaforce Quoted in Kilvert-Jones Quoted in Linderman Rangers Regiment rifle Rommel Royal Rundstedt Ryan Sergeant shells Sherman ships soldiers St Lô strategy suggested Sword Beach target troops units Utah Utah Beach vehicles Wehrmacht Wicked Problem