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 158
... military engagement during the war ; in short , the labour resource prob- lem was suitably tamed . By 1941 Britain spent over half its GNP on the war effort ( as did New Zealand after 1942 and Canada after 1943 ) and the British ...
... military engagement during the war ; in short , the labour resource prob- lem was suitably tamed . By 1941 Britain spent over half its GNP on the war effort ( as did New Zealand after 1942 and Canada after 1943 ) and the British ...
Page 165
... military matters and concentrating on what was important : gentlemanly pursuits , sports , character development and ' good form ' . As one hospitalized officer recalled hearing his Colonel exclaim when he spied two military books by ...
... military matters and concentrating on what was important : gentlemanly pursuits , sports , character development and ' good form ' . As one hospitalized officer recalled hearing his Colonel exclaim when he spied two military books by ...
Page 181
... military leadership resulted in a particular kind of military philosophy . Like the British , but for different reasons , the US chose an ' iceberg ' approach to combat - a very small proportion of the entire population were to serve at ...
... military leadership resulted in a particular kind of military philosophy . Like the British , but for different reasons , the US chose an ' iceberg ' approach to combat - a very small proportion of the entire population were to serve at ...
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