The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security

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.

Author: Grant Hammond
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 08/17/2004
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.00w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9781588341785
ISBN10: 158834178X
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- Technology & Engineering | Military Science
- History | Military | Aviation & Space

About the Author
Grant T. Hammond, director of the Center for Strategy and Technology and professor of international relations at the Air War College, is the author of Plowshares into Swords: Arms Races in International Politics, 1840-1991.