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Boyd

The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

By Robert Coram

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| Hardcover | 9780316881463

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John Boyd was the greatest fighter pilot in American history. From the proving ground of the Korean War, he went on to win renown as the instructor who defeated-in less than forty seconds-every pilot who took him on. But what made Boyd a man for the ages was what happened after he left the cockpit. Continue

John Boyd was the greatest fighter pilot in American history. From the proving ground of the Korean War, he went on to win renown as the instructor who defeated-in less than forty seconds-every pilot who took him on. But what made Boyd a man for the ages was what happened after he left the cockpit. Boyd made a career of challenging the intractable Pentagon bureaucracy, making enemies and a few devoted disciples who would become known as "The Acolytes." Boyd transformed the way military aircraft-in particular the F-15 and F-16-were designed with his revolutionary "Energy-Maneuverability Theory," fighting the Air Force's entrenched ideas every step of the way. He then dedicated lonely years to a radical theory of conflict that at the time was mostly ignored, but now is acclaimed as the most influential thinking about conflict since Sun Tzu.

A man of daring, ferocious passion, and remarkable stubbornness, John Boyd was that most American of heroes-a rebel who cared not for his reputation or fortune, but for his country. And in BOYD, Robert Coram finally tells his incredible story. Until now, John Boyd has been the great secret hero of the American military. No longer.

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  • Boyd and The American Way of War Share

    Lots of visitors to Trent Telenko's JSOW piece yesterday over at Winds of Change.NET (thanks, Glenn!). Just one more example of how far ahead of the rest of the world America's military capabilties have become. Now, here's a question for everyone: wh ... (read full critics)

    blogcritics published on Wed, 15 Jan 2003

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 320 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0316881465
  • ISBN-13: 9780316881463
  • Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
  • Pub date: Dec 01, 2002
  • Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1032 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback and Others
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