Science Strategy and War The Strategic Theory of John Boyd 1st Edition by Frans Osinga ISBN 978-1843764564 0415459524
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ISBN 10: 0415459524
ISBN 13: 978-1843764564
Author: Frans Osinga
John Boyd is often known exclusively for the so-called ‘OODA’ loop model he developed. This model refers to a decision-making process and to the idea that military victory goes to the side that can complete the cycle from observation to action the fastest.
This book aims to redress this state of affairs and re-examines John Boyd’s original contribution to strategic theory. By highlighting diverse sources that shaped Boyd’s thinking, and by offering a comprehensive overview of Boyd’s work, this volume demonstrates that the common interpretation of the meaning of Boyd’s OODA loop concept is incomplete. It also shows that Boyd’s work is much more comprehensive, richer and deeper than is generally thought. With his ideas featuring in the literature on Network Centric Warfare, a key element of the US and NATO’s so-called ‘military transformation’ programmes, as well as in the debate on Fourth Generation Warfare, Boyd continues to exert a strong influence on Western military thinking. Dr Osinga demonstrates how Boyd’s work can helps us to understand the new strategic threats in the post- 9/11 world, and establishes why John Boyd should be regarded as one of the most important (post)modern strategic theorists.
Table of contents:
1. Introduction
Introducing ‘A Discourse’
‘A Towering Figure’
‘Deeply Flawed’
Aim and Argument
A Note on Strategy
A Note on Strategic Theory
The Formative Factors of Strategic Theory
Organization of this Study
2. The Seeds of a Theory and the Fertile Soil
The Seed of a Theory
Boyd’s Military Life
Reading History
Fertile Soil: The US Military After Vietnam
Experience, Curiosity, and Challenges
3. Science: Boyd’s Fountain
Boyd and Science
Shifting Foundations
Paradigm Shift
The Emerging Systems View of the World
Systems Everywhere
Boyd and the First Stage of the Paradigm Shift
Conclusion
4. Completing the Shift
Riding the Wave
Beyond Open and Chaotic Systems: Complexity Theory
The Postmodern Turn
Chaos Everywhere
A Discourse and the Scientific Zeitgeist
Concluding Words
5. Core Arguments
A Discourse in Prose
Boyd’s ‘Abstract’ of A Discourse
Destruction and Creation
Patterns of Conflict
Concluding Words
6. Exploration and Refinement
Introduction
Organic Design for Command and Control
The Strategic Game of ? and ?
Revelation
The Conceptual Spiral
The Essence of Winning and Losing
7. Completing the Loop
Beyond the Rapid OODA Idea
The Continuing Relevance of a Discourse
Analysis/Synthesis
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