Leadership, Management and Command Rethinking

Keith Grint 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.

List of Figures, Maps and Photos	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Leadership, Management and Command at D-Day	p. 1
Problems, Understanding and Decision-Making	p. 3
Leadership and Wicked Problems	p. 19
Western Allied Strategy: the Boxer and the Karateka	p. 23
Allied Air Strategy	p. 59
Planning to Mislead	p. 80
German Strategy: Hard Shell, Soft Shell	p. 116
Allied Ground Strategy	p. 135
Managing Tame Problems	p. 151
Mobilizing the Anglo-Canadians, the Commonwealth, and the Volunteers	p. 153
Mobilizing the Americans: Technology and the Iceberg	p. 181
Mobilizing the Germans: the Wehrmacht and the SS	p. 211
Managing Logistics: 'Bag, vomit, one.'	p. 234
Technologies	p. 264
Commanding in Crises	p. 305
Commanding	p. 307
The Airborne Assaults	p. 322
The Amphibious Landings	p. 350
Retrospective	p. 415
Post-D-Day	p. 417
Notes	p. 429
Bibliography	p. 484
Index	p. 493
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