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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... Major - General J.H. Roberts , the Canadian CO , was quite optimistic about the whole affair , for ' The plan is good , the men are keen and they know what to do ' , 56 If ever there was an attempt to tame an essentially Wicked Problem ...
... Major - General J.H. Roberts , the Canadian CO , was quite optimistic about the whole affair , for ' The plan is good , the men are keen and they know what to do ' , 56 If ever there was an attempt to tame an essentially Wicked Problem ...
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... major ways of life the British and American people are much alike . They speak the same language . They both believe ... Major General Gerow ( a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute not West Point ) in February 1942. Gerow was ...
... major ways of life the British and American people are much alike . They speak the same language . They both believe ... Major General Gerow ( a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute not West Point ) in February 1942. Gerow was ...
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... Major - General Richard Gale was in command of the British 6th Airborne . Gale had won the Military Cross in the First World War and took over the newly formed 1st Parachute Brigade in September 1941 . Besides protecting the eastern ...
... Major - General Richard Gale was in command of the British 6th Airborne . Gale had won the Military Cross in the First World War and took over the newly formed 1st Parachute Brigade in September 1941 . Besides protecting the eastern ...
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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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