1: Dwight Eisenhower was furious.  

D-Day was only weeks away. As the Supreme Commander of the Allied invasion of Europe, Ike was under tremendous pressure. Daily, he confronted leadership questions of the utmost complexity, write Raymond Kethledge and Michael Erwin in Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude.

And, General George S. Patton had stepped in it. Again.

In a speech to a British social club, Patton had said: … continue reading