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by: Robert Coram
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 358.43092
EAN: 9780316796880
ISBN: 0316796883
Label: Back Bay Books
Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 504
Publication Date: May 10, 2004
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Sales Rank: 20886
Studio: Back Bay Books
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A great American hero-a 20th-century warrior and military strategist who lived outside the spotlight but whose work has been enormously influential-is brought brilliantly to life in this acclaimed biography. John Boyd was the finest fighter pilot in American history. From the proving ground of the Korean War, he went on to win notoriety as the instructor who defeated-in less than 40 seconds-every pilot who challenged him. But what made Boyd a man for the ages was what happened after he left the cockpit. He transformed the way military aircraft-in particular the F-15 and F-16-were designed with his revolutionary Energy-Maneuverability Theory. Boyd dedicated his later years to a radical theory of conflict that was largely ignored during Boyd's lifetime, but that is now widely considered to be the most influential thinking about conflict since Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
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Rating:  - Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Great book - Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
if you like history!!! I was a member of the Officers Club that Boyd and his team met at. I never got to meet this genius - wish I had. The book is great and I have bought other books about Boyd's theories.
Rating: - Not What I Expected- A Real Eye-Opener
I had never heard of John Boyd, but I had read Coram's other excellent work about George "Bud" Day, so I decided to give this one a try as well. After reading both of these books, I would have to say that Coram ranks among the very top of military historians I have read. His books are well researched with hundreds of hours of personal interviews that clearly show through in the stories he presents.
The idea that a USAF fighter pilot ("excuse me, but I'm just a dumb fighter pilot") ... Read More
Rating:  - He turned air combat upside down.
Boyd, a rough-cut diamond developed fighter jet theories and stuck to his guns with the hide-bound Pentagon brass. We would all be richer if more military officers quit saying "yes sir" and used their minds to act like Boyd did.Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Rating: - Tempering Boyd with Chesterton
If you want to change the world for the better or just keep your little corner of it from getting worse, then you'll want to read this book. It's not just about "the art of war," as the subtitle claims. It's what Boyd discovered about how conflicts are fought and won. Sadly, although he flew in two wars, most of Boyd's clashes were fought within our own military rather than with some foreign foe. As a result, one of the best USAF fighter pilots who ever lived is better remembered by the Marine Corps, ... Read More
Rating: - Tempering Boyd with Chesterton
If you want to change the world for the better or just keep your little corner of it from getting worse, then you'll want to read this book. It's not just about "the art of war," as the subtitle claims. It's what Boyd discovered about how conflicts are fought and won. Sadly, although he flew in two wars, most of Boyd's clashes were fought within our own military rather than with some foreign foe. As a result, one of the best USAF fighter pilots who ever lived is better remembered by the Marine Corps, ... Read More
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