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Not Mentioned in Despatches: The History and Mythology of the Battle of Goose Green

Author: Spencer Fitz-Gibbon
ISBN: 978-0718830168
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Mandatory: MAJ, WO1
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Written with the cooperation of the Ministry of Defence and based on extensive interviews with those involved supported by the operational records from the campaign, this book provides a hard-hitting critique of command style and failure. In particular it examines the system of ‘restrictive control’ as practiced by Lieutenant Colonel ‘H’ Jones and contrasts it unfavourably with ‘directive command’.

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