John Boyd and John Warden : Air Power’s Quest for Strategic Paralysis

By Major David S. Fadok, USAF

Book Id: WPLBN0002170691
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Title:	John Boyd and John Warden : Air Power’s Quest for Strategic Paralysis
Author:	Major David S. Fadok, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Airpower
Collections:	Authors Community, Philosophy
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Publisher:	Air University Press

Member Page:	Air University Press
Citation APA MLA Chicago David S. Fadok, Usa, B. M. (n.d.). John Boyd and John Warden : Air Power’s Quest for Strategic Paralysis. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Boyd and Warden represent a major transition in the evolution of air power theory. Early air power theorists argued that one could defeat the enemy by paralyzing his war-making and war-sustaining capabilities—a form of economic warfare based upon industrial targeting. In contrast, Boyd and Warden contend thatone should target enemy command and control—that is, control warfare based upon command targeting.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . 4 THE NOTION OF STRATEGIC PARALYSIS . . . . . 5 Notes . . . . . 10 BOYD’S THEORY OF STRATEGIC PARALYSIS . . . . . 13 Notes . . . . . 20 WARDEN’S THEORY OF STRATEGIC PARALYSIS . . . . . 23 Notes . . . . . 30 CLAUSEWITZ AND JOMINI REVISITED . . . . 33 Notes . . . . . 37 BOYD, WARDEN, AND THE EVOLUTION OF AIR POWER THEORY . . . . 39 The Past—Paralysis by Economic Warfare and Industrial Targeting . . . . 39 The Present—Paralysis by Control Warfare and Command Targeting . . . . 41 The Future—Paralysis by Control Warfare and Informational Targeting . . . . 42 Notes . . . . . 44 7 CONCLUSION . . . . . 47 Notes . . . . . 50 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . 51