Description: Science, Strategy And War : The Strategic Theory of John Boyd, Hardcover by Osinga, Frans P. b., ISBN 0415371031, ISBN-13 9780415371032, Brand New, Free shipping in the US It would be difficult to overstate the influence of former US Air Force officer John Boyd (1) on many military theorists in the Western world (although his work is hardly beyond controversy), yet until this book by Osinga (an officer in the Royal Netherlands Air Force) there hasn't been an attempt to systematically interpret Boyd's theory and place it in the context of the scientific theories which influenced Boyd in his own theorization of the OODA loop (Observation, Orientation, Decision, and Action). Osinga's explication of Boyd is based on the premise that the conceptual process by which Boyd arrived at the OODA loop. He thus discusses Boyd's professional background as a fighter pilot; the strategic and defense-political context of the US in the post-Vietnam era; Boyd's study of earlier military strategists, including Sun-Tzu, Julian Corbett, . Lawrence, Fuller, and Basil Liddell Hart; and the scientific theories he drew from, such as Darwinian evolution, Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem, and Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. This material is used to set provide prior context to a detailed explication of Boyd's slide presentations, as well as his written work. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Science, Strategy And War : The Strategic Theory of John Boyd
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Science, Strategy and War : the Strategic Theory of John Boyd
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2006
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Military / Strategy, Military / General, Security (National & International), Political Freedom
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Frans P. B. Osinga
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Series: Strategy and History Ser.
Item Width: 6.9 in
Format: Hardcover
