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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... garrison and proclaimed themselves liberated . When Das Reich reached Tulle on 9 June the German commanding offi- cer , Brigadier General Lammerding , claimed that 40 of the German . garrison had surrendered and then been murdered . As ...
... garrison and proclaimed themselves liberated . When Das Reich reached Tulle on 9 June the German commanding offi- cer , Brigadier General Lammerding , claimed that 40 of the German . garrison had surrendered and then been murdered . As ...
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... garrison , justified its surrender on 26 June 1944 partly by reference to the quality of his troops : ' You can't expect Russians and Poles to fight for Germany against Americans in France'.65 But this did not mean the defenders would ...
... garrison , justified its surrender on 26 June 1944 partly by reference to the quality of his troops : ' You can't expect Russians and Poles to fight for Germany against Americans in France'.65 But this did not mean the defenders would ...
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... garrison commander , Major Hans Schmidt , had stood down many of his soldiers and was himself asleep with his girlfriend in the nearby village of Ranville . - Within five minutes the other gliders had landed and D Company had taken its ...
... garrison commander , Major Hans Schmidt , had stood down many of his soldiers and was himself asleep with his girlfriend in the nearby village of Ranville . - Within five minutes the other gliders had landed and D Company had taken its ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
Copyright | |
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