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b"John Boyd is one of the greatest military strategists that hardly anyone knows about. Unmatched in the cockpit during the Korean War, his mind was also without rival. He was not simply a warrior of combat, but a warrior-engineer and warrior-philosopher.\\nWhen he was 33, he wrote \\u201cAerial Attack Study,\\u201d which codified the best dogfighting tactics for the first time, became the \\u201cbible of air combat,\\u201d and revolutionized the methods of every air force in the world.\\nHis Energy-Maneuverability (E-M) Theory helped give birth to the legendary F-15, F-16, and A-10 aircraft.\\nA briefing he developed, \\u201cPatterns of Conflict,\\u201d changed combat strategy for both airmen and ground troops, introduced the oft-cited, and typically misunderstood OODA loop, and \\u201cmade him the most influential military thinker since Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War 2,400 years ago.\\u201d\\nAll in all, John Boyd served in the United States Air Force for twenty-four years and through three wars.\\nBut he was never promoted above colonel.\\nAll because Boyd stubbornly refused to compromise his principles and ideals for advancement.\\nIn today's podcast I talk to John Boyd biographer Robert Coram about the life and career of this fascinating warrior-philosopher and what we can learn from him on how to be better men."