Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by Robert Coram
John Boyd, the maverick who created energy-maneuverability theory, the OODA loop and shaped the F-16 and Marine doctrine, while wrecking his career. A portrait of integrity versus bureaucracy.
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you want the man behind the OODA loop and a lesson in principled stubbornness.
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you want a gentle hero.
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Three things you will actually use
- To be somebody or to do something.
- Observe, orient, decide, act.
- Institutions resist their best ideas.
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Read the chapter on 'to be or to do'.
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The OODA loop's creator.
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