Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by R. Coram (Paperback, 2004)

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- Boyd's theories of combat have informed virtually every U.S. military engagement of recent years, including the deployment of American armed forces in the Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, among others, have acknowledged Boyd's contribution to current American military thinking.- BOYD is currently in its third hardcover printing, with more than 35,000 copies sold.- Robert Coram is one of the few civilians to have flown aboard both the F-100 and the F-15.

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A detailed portrait of American fighter pilot John Boyd examines his distinguished military career during the Korean War and his postwar efforts as a military theorist who took on the entrenched Pentagon bureaucracy to transform the art of modern warfare and the American military with his revolution

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PublisherLittle, Brown & Company, Little, Brown AND Company
ISBN-100316796883
ISBN-139780316796880
eBay Product ID (ePID)202212902

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AuthorR. Coram
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBiographies & Autobiographies
GenreBiography: General

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Weight454g
Height210mm
Width140mm

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Place of PublicationNew York
Spine38mm
Pagination504 Pp
Date of Publication15/04/2004
Country of PublicationUnited States

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  • No Eric Winkle Brown

    He is good, but he is no Eric Winkle Brown. Extraordinary career but not enough flying and not enough on the various influences on the F15,16,17 and 18. Too much politicking.

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  • Pretty good read . Enjoyed it

    Half decent book worth reading and absorbing

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