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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Fisher
Jackie Fisher.
As First Sea Lord he revolutionized ship design with the Dreadnought. He proposed the all big gun battleship. He put the first turbine engine in a large warship. He pushed for the single fire director on battleships.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...military_strategist%29
John Boyd.
He invented the Energy-Maneuverability theory that revolutionized US fighters. He almost single handedly designed the F-16 and had major input into the F-15. He also developed the idea of the OODA Loop the process by which an entity (either an individual or an organization) reacts to an event. According to this idea, the key to victory is to be able to create situations wherein one can make appropriate decisions more quickly than one's opponent.
He had a huge impact on the successful strategy for the first Gulf war and the current military philosophy and tactics of the U.S. military.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giap
Vo Nguyen Giap
Revolutionized revolution. His ideas were basically the final outcome of the George Washington theory. Where Washington realized as long as he had an army in the field that was a threat that could occasionally challenge battle, the enemy couldn't defeat him and the war would go on, eventually leading to the other sides reluctance to continue. In effect that the continuation of war rather than actual victory in war would lead to eventual victory. Giap took that further into the idea you didn't even need an army. As long as you could mount enough guerilla attacks to drain your enemy of resources and the will to fight, you would eventually win the war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Fisher
Jackie Fisher.
As First Sea Lord he revolutionized ship design with the Dreadnought. He proposed the all big gun battleship. He put the first turbine engine in a large warship. He pushed for the single fire director on battleships.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...military_strategist%29
John Boyd.
He invented the Energy-Maneuverability theory that revolutionized US fighters. He almost single handedly designed the F-16 and had major input into the F-15. He also developed the idea of the OODA Loop the process by which an entity (either an individual or an organization) reacts to an event. According to this idea, the key to victory is to be able to create situations wherein one can make appropriate decisions more quickly than one's opponent.
He had a huge impact on the successful strategy for the first Gulf war and the current military philosophy and tactics of the U.S. military.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giap
Vo Nguyen Giap
Revolutionized revolution. His ideas were basically the final outcome of the George Washington theory. Where Washington realized as long as he had an army in the field that was a threat that could occasionally challenge battle, the enemy couldn't defeat him and the war would go on, eventually leading to the other sides reluctance to continue. In effect that the continuation of war rather than actual victory in war would lead to eventual victory. Giap took that further into the idea you didn't even need an army. As long as you could mount enough guerilla attacks to drain your enemy of resources and the will to fight, you would eventually win the war.
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