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 237
... production under the guidance of the War Production Board was gearing up to mass produce everything the armed forces wanted , the lessons of the German Blitzkrieg slowly sank in : most of the matériel on the order books was inadequate ...
... production under the guidance of the War Production Board was gearing up to mass produce everything the armed forces wanted , the lessons of the German Blitzkrieg slowly sank in : most of the matériel on the order books was inadequate ...
Page 292
... production and its production schedules implied that it would be ready for D - Day . At the demonstration the most senior armoured commander was General Patton . Despite opposition , particularly from the American General Rose , who ...
... production and its production schedules implied that it would be ready for D - Day . At the demonstration the most senior armoured commander was General Patton . Despite opposition , particularly from the American General Rose , who ...
Page 502
... production 285 , 286 reliability 290-1 Tank Corps 285 British Anglo - American Mk III ( Liberty or International Tank ) 278 Centaur 229 , 297 Churchill 281 Covenanter 281 Crusader 281 development 278-84 2lb versus 6lb gun 279 , 280 ...
... production 285 , 286 reliability 290-1 Tank Corps 285 British Anglo - American Mk III ( Liberty or International Tank ) 278 Centaur 229 , 297 Churchill 281 Covenanter 281 Crusader 281 development 278-84 2lb versus 6lb gun 279 , 280 ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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