The book, "Boyd" is truly an epic volume, and one of the most riveting biographies I've ever read. Think of "A Beautiful Mind" in a flightsuit. His theories, so revolutionary, strike terror in enemies and the orthodoxy. The tragedy is the manic depression that drove his genius, and the self destructive emptiness that allowed his adversaries to deflect him, as the only means to defeat his logic. As an aside, General Robert Hilliard Barrow ll passed yesterday. General Barrow was the first Marine Commandant to sit on a full seat of the JCS, and his son is a life long friend. The later disciple of Boyd, Marine Commandant Alfred Gray was one of Barrow's kindred spirits in the USMC. Google up some bios of General Barrow to enjoy the spirit of a pure warrior.