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Title: Blind Strategist, The: John Boyd and the American Art of War
Author: ROBINSON STEPHEN
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 07/04/2021
Imprint: EXISLE
Price: $45.00
Publishing status: Active
From the author of Panzer Commander Hermann
Balck and False Flags comes The Blind
Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War. Colonel John Boyd
(1927-1997), a maverick fighter pilot, revolutionized the American art
of war through his ideas on conflict and the human mind. Boyd claimed that
victory is won by the side that most quickly transitions through ‘decision
cycles’. From this
revelation came maneuver warfare theory, a new warfighting creed that gained influential
converts in the Pentagon who were seeking a new way of waging war.
In
this in-depth account, acclaimed historian Stephen Robinson critically
evaluates the maneuver warfare revolution that transformed the American
military. He discusses the impact of Colonel Boyd’s ideas and the indoctrination
of maneuver warfare concepts. Maneuver warfare has since been credited with
many military victories, but such claims have little basis in reality and
Boyd’s legacy has accidently undermined American security. Robinson exposes the
fraudulent accounts behind Boyd’s research and the controversy surrounding
them.
The Blind Strategist separates fact from fantasy and exposes the
myths of maneuver warfare through a detailed evidence-based investigation. Discover
how maneuver warfare has corrupted the art of war and resulted in catastrophic
decisions in this must-read for anybody interested in American military
history.
ISBN: 9781925820348
Dimension: 234mm X 151mm
Pages: 360