Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War, 9780316881463
Hardcover
As profiled by the author of "Skunk Works, " the secret hero of the American military is shown to be the nation‘s greatest fighter pilot and most brilliant military theorist. of photos.

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

the fighter pilot who changed the art of war

  • Hardcover

    496 pages

  • Release Date

    2 April 2003

Summary

A larger-than-life fighter pilot and genius of aviation, engineering and military strategy, Boyd dared to challenge the intractable military bureaucracy and its outmoded practices. The single-minded determination developed in his youth carried him on to renown for his skill as a fighter pilot, for his passion as an instructor, his legendary appetite and lack of respect for his superiors. But this was just the start as he went on to transform the way military planes were designed, fighting the…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780316881463
ISBN-10:0316881465
Author:Robert Coram
Publisher:Little Brown and Company
Imprint:Little, Brown & Company
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:496
Release Date:2 April 2003
Weight:862g
Dimensions:41mm x 157mm x 235mm
About The Author

Robert Coram

Corram has written 3 books of non-fiction as well as 7 novels. His articles have appeared in the New Yorker & other major mags & he has been nominated twice for a Pulitzer He is a qualified commercial pilot and is one of the few civilians to have flown both the F-100 and the F-15.

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