Full Description
The 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.
Contents
PART ONE: LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND COMMAND AT D-DAY: Problems, Understanding and Decision-Making PART TWO: LEADERSHIP & WICKED PROBLEMS Western Allied Strategy: the Boxer and the Karateka Allied Air Strategy Planning to Mislead German Strategy- Hard Shell, Soft Shell Allied Ground Strategy PART THREE: MANAGING TAME PROBLEMS Mobilizing the Anglo-Canadians, the Commonwealth, and the Volunteers. Mobilizing the Americans - Technology and the Iceberg Mobilizing the Germans: The Wehrmacht and the SS Managing Logistics - 'Bag, vomit, one.' Technologies PART FOUR: COMMANDING IN CRISES Commanding The Airborne Assaults Amphibious Landings PART FIVE: RETROSPECTIVE Post-D-Day
