A Discourse on Winning and Losing¶
Boyd, J. R. (2018). A Discourse on Winning and Losing. Air University Press.
Cited by¶
5 citations across 5 artifacts.
Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.
Primes¶
- Cadence
- In military science it is operational tempo (often "op-tempo") and the rhythm of operations: the rate at which a force cycles through its decision-and-action loop, mounts operations, or rotates units, and the doctrine of operating inside the enemy's decision cycle is explicitly a cadence-matching idea — make your tempo faster than theirs.
This sourceOrigin of operating inside the adversary's decision cycle — the relative-tempo doctrine of operational tempo.
- In military science it is operational tempo (often "op-tempo") and the rhythm of operations: the rate at which a force cycles through its decision-and-action loop, mounts operations, or rotates units, and the doctrine of operating inside the enemy's decision cycle is explicitly a cadence-matching idea — make your tempo faster than theirs.
- Decision Cycle Subordination
- In military doctrine, OODA-loop analysis holds that whoever cycles faster forces the other into reactive moves, collapsing the slower side's coherence, with counterinsurgent forces reacting to attacks until a population-centric reframing changes what the unit is there to do.
This sourceEdited by Grant T. Hammond. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2018 (briefings developed 1976–1995). Originates the OODA-loop model and the claim that operating inside an adversary's decision cycle forces it into reactive moves and collapses its coherence.
- In military doctrine, OODA-loop analysis holds that whoever cycles faster forces the other into reactive moves, collapsing the slower side's coherence, with counterinsurgent forces reacting to attacks until a population-centric reframing changes what the unit is there to do.
- Defeat In Detail
- Clarity here means seeing that "improve coordination," "hold reserves," and "shorten the decision loop" are all the same move: reduce concentration latency so no part can be isolated and beaten before the whole responds.
This sourceOn tempo and decision-cycle (OODA) speed — shortening one's own loop, the inverse of concentration latency, as the means to prevent being beaten in detail.
- Clarity here means seeing that "improve coordination," "hold reserves," and "shorten the decision loop" are all the same move: reduce concentration latency so no part can be isolated and beaten before the whole responds.
- Non-Stationary Objective
- In military strategy, Boyd's OODA loop is essentially an argument that victory accrues to the side whose decision loop cycles faster than the adversary's situation changes.
This sourceEdited by Grant T. Hammond. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 2018. Collects Boyd's OODA-loop briefings, arguing that victory accrues to the side whose decision loop cycles faster than the adversary's situation changes — a drift/adaptation ratio claim.
- In military strategy, Boyd's OODA loop is essentially an argument that victory accrues to the side whose decision loop cycles faster than the adversary's situation changes.
- Offensive Action
- Liddell-Hart's indirect approach and Sun Tzu's "appear where you are not expected" are offensive action expressed as surprise of frame and place; Boyd's OODA loop frames the same insight in tempo terms.
This sourceDevelops the OODA loop and the tempo logic of operating inside an adversary's decision cycle.
- Liddell-Hart's indirect approach and Sun Tzu's "appear where you are not expected" are offensive action expressed as surprise of frame and place; Boyd's OODA loop frames the same insight in tempo terms.
Verification¶
This reference passed the adversarial substantiation pipeline: it was checked to exist and to support the claim it is attached to. See how references were verified.
Links previously used in the corpus¶
Before the registry existed this work was also linked 2 other ways.
- https://www.coljohnboyd.com/static/documents/2018-03__Boyd_John_R__edited_Hammond_Grant_T__A_Discourse_on_Winning_and_Losing.pdf ×3
- https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_0151_Boyd_Discourse_Winning_Losing.PDF ×1
Registry ID ref:6d8a4e4c0f55 · see in the full table