Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War, (Paperback)

from ldmarquet

My name is David Marquet, from Practicum, Inc and we help our customers structure their organizations for innovation. Although John Boyd is perhaps best known as the creator of the OODA loop concept, he was also responsible for the Energy-Maneuverability Theory, the iconic paper Destruction and C...

from Harlan879

This is an extraordinarily researched and well-written biography of how amazing intellect and dedication can overcome massive personal and personality flaws to yield real change in the world. Nobody should want to be like Boyd, who put his family through hell and alienated many people who should ...

from darwin.8u

One of those great biographies of someone you didn't know mattered. Divided roughly into three parts: 1. Boyd the gifted pilot, 2. Boyd the visionary aeronautical engineer, 3. Boyd the influential military strategist. Most of us would consider 1/3 of his life a full life, Coram treats us to an ex...

from JayDugger

A good biography that misses hagiography by only a hair's-breadth. Extremely informative for all that, and a good wake-up call to the hog trough of American defense spending. Calling the Pentagon "Versailles on the Potomac" makes marvelous sense, and I first read that phrase here.

from ldmarquet

My name is David Marquet, from Practicum, Inc and we help our customers structure their organizations for innovation. Although John Boyd is perhaps best known as the creator of the OODA loop concept, he was also responsible for the Energy-Maneuverability Theory, the iconic paper Destruction and C...