Design for military operations

[Fred Bernh]

I do not agree. I do not think Boyd accurately or usefully understood what creates success in combat. If he did, he could not explain it in a coherent way.

I would say it could be useful to put Boyd's works, as well as Lind's MW handbook and so on, in the right historical context. It is my understanding that MW grew up mostly in the late 70's - early 80s in contrast with the Revolution in Military Affairs. From this perspective, it is well true that it does not represent, per se, something new in the military thinking panorama, but at least it helps kicking the .... of the war-zero-defect, manager-officer RMA supporters by promoting the human factor as still the core of the combat proficiency of an Army. And this fight is still on, right?