The ideas of US Air Force Colonel John Boyd have transformed American military policy and practice. A first-rate fighter pilot and a self-taught scholar, he wrote the first manual on jet aerial combat; spearheaded the design of both of the Air Force's premier fighters, the F-15 and the F-16; and shaped the tactics that saved lives during the Vietnam War and the strategies that won the Gulf War. Many of America's best-known military and political leaders consulted Boyd on matters of technology, strategy, and theory.
In The Mind of War, Grant T. Hammond offers the first complete portrait of John Boyd, his groundbreaking ideas, and his enduring legacy. Based on extensive interviews with Boyd and those who knew him as well as on a close analysis of Boyd's briefings, this intellectual biography brings the work of an extraordinary thinker to a broader public.
- ISBN10 158834178X
- ISBN13 9781588341785
- Publish Date 17 August 2004 (first published 19 June 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Smithsonian Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 248
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781588341785