Been a long-ass time since i touched any of this, and it all kinds bleeds together, but from very rough blurry memory:
Clausewitz is… Okay so I found him incredibly hard to read because i kept wishing I had a chance to go back in time and kick him in the dick, maybe when he was too old to chase me very far after, but basically about how conflict is about more than just killing dudes, and killing dudes is a means rather than an end.
Mao talks about fighting bigger foes and some on the role of the (non-fighting) people in war. How a force sustains itself in nontraditional circumstances.
Boyd is late 20th century american imperial air force; an information/attention guy. The OODA loop guy. Relevant in modern deeply bullshit war. There are other options, but like i said: I’m a systems pervert.
Lawrence covers some (but not all) of the ground of the last two from a more romantic and heroic perspective. And also is a better writer than Mao or whoever put together Boyd’s stuff.
Idr it was like a billion years ago I read any of this, but I don’t think he put anything together in book form himself; all gonna be his fanboys. Maybe you can find some .ppt’s.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Been a long-ass time since i touched any of this, and it all kinds bleeds together, but from very rough blurry memory:
Clausewitz is… Okay so I found him incredibly hard to read because i kept wishing I had a chance to go back in time and kick him in the dick, maybe when he was too old to chase me very far after, but basically about how conflict is about more than just killing dudes, and killing dudes is a means rather than an end.
Mao talks about fighting bigger foes and some on the role of the (non-fighting) people in war. How a force sustains itself in nontraditional circumstances.
Boyd is late 20th century american imperial air force; an information/attention guy. The OODA loop guy. Relevant in modern deeply bullshit war. There are other options, but like i said: I’m a systems pervert.
Lawrence covers some (but not all) of the ground of the last two from a more romantic and heroic perspective. And also is a better writer than Mao or whoever put together Boyd’s stuff.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Mao is on my reading list, this boyd guy interests me.
I’ve only found books about his methods written by other people, did I get the right guy? What would you recommend to get acquainted with his work?
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Idr it was like a billion years ago I read any of this, but I don’t think he put anything together in book form himself; all gonna be his fanboys. Maybe you can find some .ppt’s.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
as long as its still relevant, its exactly what i’m looking for.