Boyd  


Finished this a while ago, so I better document it.  

Finished the well written biography Boyd by Robert Coram. Interesting on a number of levels - as a portrait of a man who developed some revolutionary ideas on the practice of warfare, as the story of "one man against the system" as he tries to influence the Pentagon procurement process, and as a obsessed freak who neglects his family, sets the ties of generals on fire, and can shovel down mass quantities of food and not stop talking.

And all along, there is no mention of the man's politics except as it relates to his specific objectives. Cameos by Gary Hart, Nancy Kassebaum, James Fallows, Colin Powell, and a supporting role by Cheney.

Also interesting to read his "acolytes" continuing struggles, especially Chuck Spinney's commentary on the current situation in Iraq at the DNI website.

On deck - Six Days of War on the 6 Days War. (Which I forgot at work before taking time off for SXSW. So, for no reason whatsoever, I picked up Hell in a Very Small Place by Bernard Fell and some leaflet by Keegan on war that will probably just infuriate me at the brand spanking new Half Price Books that opened around the corner.  

Posted: Mon - March 21, 2005 at 07:18 PM           |

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