- Military Aeronautics, United States. Air Force, Fighter plane combat, Officers
John Boyd may be the most remarkable unsung hero in all of American military history. Some remember him as the greatest U.S. fighter pilot ever -- the man who, in simulated air-to-air combat, defeated every challenger in less than forty seconds.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Robert Coram
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 412
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company, Tantor Audio
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780316796880
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