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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... population once the threat was recognized and Britain's political leadership managed to achieve astonishing levels of civilian and military engagement during the war ; in short , the labour resource prob- lem was suitably tamed . By ...
... population once the threat was recognized and Britain's political leadership managed to achieve astonishing levels of civilian and military engagement during the war ; in short , the labour resource prob- lem was suitably tamed . By ...
Page 184
... population of 67.5 million . The plan also noted that no more than 10 per cent of the male population should actually be called up . In short the plan was impossible to achieve - unless the 316 divisions that looked achievable could ...
... population of 67.5 million . The plan also noted that no more than 10 per cent of the male population should actually be called up . In short the plan was impossible to achieve - unless the 316 divisions that looked achievable could ...
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... population should also understand what was going on . For example , not until September 1943 were photographs of dead Americans released for publication , initially of bodies on Buna Beach in New Guinea . This was not to protect the ...
... population should also understand what was going on . For example , not until September 1943 were photographs of dead Americans released for publication , initially of bodies on Buna Beach in New Guinea . This was not to protect the ...
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