Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
By (Author) Robert Coram
Little, Brown & Company
Little, Brown and Company
15th April 2004
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Biography: philosophy and social sciences
Aircraft and aviation
358.4383092
Physical Properties
Paperback
504
Width 140mm, Height 207mm, Spine 36mm
460g
Description
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
Reviews
""Fascinating....An excellent book....Coram captures the dazzling diversity of John Boyd--fighter pilot, aerial tactician, engineer, and scholar."
Author Bio
Robert Coram was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his work as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He is the author of seven novels and four nonfiction books, including American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day and Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War. He lives in Atlanta.
