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标题：The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security
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作者：Col Eric Ash
期刊名称：Air & Space Power Journal
印刷版ISSN：1554-2505
出版年度：2001
卷号：15
期号：3
页码：122-123
语种：English
出版社：U.S. Air Force, Air University
摘要：One of the most important books on airpower theory, strategy, technology, organization, and history to come out this year is Grant Hammond’s biography of Col John Boyd, USAF. Appropriately, it is larger than life—Boyd’s life—for the United States Air Force of today reflects the impact of many of Boyd’s ideas. Boyd is not that well known outside either the circle of people with whom he worked or students of his art of thinking—most notably exemplified by his concept of the “OODA loop” (observe, orient, decide, and act). Such relative anonymity is about to change. Hammond’s biographical study, which also addresses numerous important facets of airpower and the Air Force, will definitely attract wide attention.