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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... reached Tulle , 45 miles south - east of Limoges , the local popula- tion attacked the German garrison and proclaimed themselves liberated . When Das Reich reached Tulle on 9 June the German commanding offi- cer , Brigadier General ...
... reached Tulle , 45 miles south - east of Limoges , the local popula- tion attacked the German garrison and proclaimed themselves liberated . When Das Reich reached Tulle on 9 June the German commanding offi- cer , Brigadier General ...
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... reached you could not die . For example , Joseph O'Connell , a soldier with the US 4th Infantry on Utah Beach was on one of the few landing craft to take heavy casualties and reached the beach as the lone survivor , but : to reach the ...
... reached you could not die . For example , Joseph O'Connell , a soldier with the US 4th Infantry on Utah Beach was on one of the few landing craft to take heavy casualties and reached the beach as the lone survivor , but : to reach the ...
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... reached the beach at Lion - sur - Mer almost unopposed between 1900 and 2000 on D - Day , but as the leading half dozen tanks approached they were attacked from the east on Sword Beach by the British , from the west on Juno Beach by the ...
... reached the beach at Lion - sur - Mer almost unopposed between 1900 and 2000 on D - Day , but as the leading half dozen tanks approached they were attacked from the east on Sword Beach by the British , from the west on Juno Beach by 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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