Less hagiography (still more than I would care for, but not as much as the other book) and is focused more on explaining Boyd's ideas, less on telling his story (still a biography, but the difference in emphasis is notable).
If you're interested in reading the original briefings by Boyd, you can find them at the links below. Of course, reading his slides isn't the same as actually sitting through his briefing, but the latter option is unfortunately no longer available:
I agree that Coram's book had a taste of hagiography to it. I still found that the underling military theories made a lot more sense to me when revealed in the context of Boyd's upbringing and his own gradual development of the theories. I should definitely read Hammond next, thanks.
I've made it about 2/3 of the way through Boyd's slides and they're very distractingly dense. I'm sure they worked better with a live session.
http://www.amazon.com/Mind-War-John-American-Security/dp/158...
Less hagiography (still more than I would care for, but not as much as the other book) and is focused more on explaining Boyd's ideas, less on telling his story (still a biography, but the difference in emphasis is notable).
If you're interested in reading the original briefings by Boyd, you can find them at the links below. Of course, reading his slides isn't the same as actually sitting through his briefing, but the latter option is unfortunately no longer available:
http://dnipogo.org/strategy-and-force-employment/boyd-and-mi...
http://www.danford.net/boyd/