| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
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| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | What is Military Doctrine? |  Posen, Barry. The Sources of Military Doctrine. Ithaca, NY and London, UK: Cornell University Press, 1984, pp. 13-33. ISBN: 9780801416330. Rosen, Stephen Peter. Winning the Next War. Ithaca, NY and London, UK: Cornell University Press, 1991, pp. 1-22. ISBN: 9780801425561. Frankland, Noble. Bomber Offensive: The Devastation of Europe. New York, NY: Ballantine Books Inc., 1970, pp. 1-160. ISBN: 9780345019059. |
| 3 | WWII Strategic Bombing | Heilenday, Frank W. Daylight Raids by the U.S. Eighth Air Force: Lessons Learned and Lingering Myths from World War II. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1995. ASIN: B0006F7RA0. ———. Night Raids by the British Bomber Command: Lessons Learned and Lingering Myths from World War II. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1995. ASIN: B0006F7R9Q. MacIsaac, David. The United States Strategic Bombing Survey. 2 vols. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1976, pp. 1-31. ISBN: 9780824020255. Musgrove, Gordon. Pathfinder Force: A History of 8 Group. London, UK: MacDonald and Jane's, 1976, pp. 1-31, 217-219, 200-244, and 247-276. ISBN: 9780354010177. Lacey-Johnson, L. Point Blank and Beyond. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1991, pp. 35-39, 57-82, and 233-236. ISBN: 9781853101427.Boylan, Bernard Lawrence. "The Development of the American Long-Range Escort Fighter." Columbia, MO: University of Missouri, 1955, pp. 151-224. (Dissertation) McFarland, Stephen L. America's Pursuit of Precision Bombing, 1910-1945. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, pp. 165-190, 206-209, 221-232, and 277-284. ISBN: 9781560984078. Crane, Conrad C. Bombs, Cities, and Civilians: American Airpower Strategy in World War II. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1993, pp. 63-77, and 174-176. ISBN: 9780700605743.Parks, W. Hays. "'Precision' and 'Area' Bombing, and Who Did Which, and When?" The Journal of Strategic Studies 18, no. 1 (March 1995): 145-174. London, UK: Frank Cass. Streetly, Martin. Confound and Destroy: 100 Group and The Bomber Support Campaign. London, UK: MacDonald and Jane's, 1978, pp. 7-8, and 128-149. ISBN: 9780354011808.Aders, Gebhard. History of the German Night Fighter Force 1917-1945. London, UK: Jane's Publishing Company, 1979, pp. 55-59, 74-88, 94-112, 121-128, 166-182, and 218-221. Frankland, Noble. "The Combined Bomber Offensive: Classical and Revolutionary, Combined and Divided, Planned and Fortuitous." In Command and Commanders in Modern Warfare. Edited by William Geffen. Colorado Springs, CO: Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF and United States Air Force Academy, 1971, pp. 253-267. |
| 4 | Nuclear Deterrence | Greenwood, John T. "The Emergence of the Postwar Strategic Air Force, 1945-1953." In Air Power and Warfare. Edited by Col. Alfred Hurley, and Maj. Robert Ehrhart. Proceedings of the Eighth Military History Symposium USAF Academy, 1978, pp. 212-244. Rosenberg, David Alan. "American Postwar Air Doctrine and Organization: The Navy Experience." In Air Power and Warfare. Edited by Col. Alfred Hurley, and Maj. Robert Ehrhart. Proceedings of the Eighth Military History Symposium USAF Academy, 1978, pp. 245-282. MacKenzie, Donald. Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990, pp. 99-164. ISBN: 9780262132589. Greenwood, Ted. Making the MIRV: A Study of Defense Decision Making. New York, NY: Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University, 1988, pp. 1-12, and 51-81. ISBN: 9780819170774. |
| 5 | Antisubmarine Warfare | Cote, Owen. The Third Battle: Innovation in the U.S. Navy's Silent Cold War Struggle with Soviet Submarines. Newport, RI: Naval War College, 2003. ASIN: B0006S70J0. |
| 6 | Air Combat in Vietnam | Michel, Marshall L. III. Clashes: Air Combat over North Vietnam. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997. ISBN: 9781557505859. |
| 7 | Air to Air Post Vietnam | Carpenter, P. Mason. Joint Operations in the Gulf War: An Allison Analysis. Maxwell-Gunter AFB, AL: Air University, thesis, 1995, pp. 11-20. Cohen, Eliot, and Thomas A. Keaney. Gulf War Air Power Survey: Operations and Effectiveness. 2 vols. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1993, pp. 112-113, and 119-123. Fallows, James. National Defense. New York, NY: Random House, 1981, pp. 95-106. ISBN: 9780394518244. Price, Alfred. Air Battle Central Europe. New York, NY: Free Press, 1987, pp. 37-54. ISBN: 9780029254516. Anderegg, C. R. Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade After Vietnam. Washington, DC: Government Reprints Press, 2001, pp. 149-164. ISBN: 9781931839044. Westrum, Ron. Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1999, pp. 170-206. ISBN: 9781557509512. Wilcox, Robert. Black Aces High: The Story of a Modern Fighter Squadron at War. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2002, pp. 3-9. ISBN: 9780312269166. Stimson, George W. Introduction to Airborne Radar. 2nd ed. Mendham, NJ: SciTech Publishing Inc., 1998, pp. 293-308. ISBN: 9781891121012.Electronic Warfare Fundamentals. Nellis AFB, NV: November 2000, pp. 5-1 to 5-21. Robinson, Clarence A., Jr. "Fighter, Missile Gains Pressed." Aviation Week and Space Technology April 4, 1977. ———. "Aerial Combat Test to Advance." Aviation Week and Space Technology April 25, 1977. Watts, Barry D. Clausewitzian Friction and Future War. Washington, DC: National Defense University Institute for National Strategic Studies, McNair Paper 52, October 1996 (Revised July 2000), pp. 1-10. |
| 8 | Defense Suppression Post Vietnam | Brungess, James. Setting The Context: Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses and Joint War Fighting in an Uncertain World. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1994, pp. 93-110. Thornborough, Anthony M., and Frank B. Mormillo. Iron Hand. Sparkford, UK: J. H. Haynes and Co., Ltd, 2002, pp. 178-179, 190-191, 248-251, and 255-288. ISBN: 9781852606053. Stimson, George W. Introduction to Airborne Radar. 2nd ed. Mendham, NJ: SciTech Publishing Inc., 1998, pp. 325-334. ISBN: 9781891121012. Price, Alfred. Air Battle Central Europe. New York, NY: Free Press, 1987, pp. 102-111, and 122-139. ISBN: 9780029254516. Electronic Warfare Fundamentals. Nellis AFB, NV: November 2000, pp. 17-15 to 17-20. Fulghum, David A., and Robert Wall. "Data Link, EW Problems Pinpointed by Pentagon." Aviation Week and Space Technology (September 6, 1999): 87. Isby, David C. "Targeting pod upgrade for F-16s." Air Force News 3, no. 18 (September 17, 1999). Jane's Information Group Limited. Tirpak, John A. "Dealing With Air Defense." Air Force Magazine (November 1999): 25. Air Force Association. Bender, Bryan. "USAF to expand anti-radar attack capability." Jane's Defence Weekly 32, no. 24 (December 15, 1999). Jane's Information Group Limited, Section: The Americas. Isby, David C. "Funding cut could delay HARM targeting system upgrade." Jane's Missiles and Rockets 4, no. 2 (February 1, 2000). Jane's Information Group Limited, Section: Air-to-Surface. Wall, Robert. "Netted Approach to Kill SAMs." Aviation Week and Space Technology 153, no. 14 (October 2, 2000): 67. Section: Electronic Warfare. ———. "Location, Location." Aviation Week and Space Technology (November 24, 2003): 43-44. ———. "Dead On" and "Pack Mentality." Aviation Week and Space Technology (November 24, 2003): 46-47. ———. "In HARM's Way." Aviation Week and Space Technology (November 24, 2003): 45-46. ———. "HARM in Trying: Italian involvement would build on prior anti-radar cooperation." Aviation Week & Space Technology (October 18, 2004): 56. ———. "Alternative Path; U.S. Air Force eyes upgrade to Raytheon anti-radar missile." Aviation Week & Space Technology (December 6, 2004): 34. ———. "Sharper Stint; HARM Targeting System upgrade to double range of fielded version." Aviation Week & Space Technology (January 3, 2005): 55. |
| 9 | Precision Strike Post Vietnam | Blackwelder, Donald I. The Long Road to Desert Storm and Beyond: The Development of Precision Guided Bombs. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1993, pp. 1-40. Anderegg, C. R. Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade After Vietnam. Washington, DC: Government Reprints Press, 2001, pp. 119-142. ISBN: 9781931839044. Futrell, Robert. Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force 1961-1984. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, December 1989, pp. 558-566. Cohen, Eliot, and Thomas Keaney. Gulf War Air Power Survey: Weapons, Tactics and Training. 4 vols. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1993, pp. 85-88, 127-141, and 252-295. Cahlink, George. "Birth of a Bomb." Government Executive Magazine. August 15, 2003. Washington DC. Brown, Malina. "Navy Zeros JDAM HART Account to Pay for Small Diameter Bomb." In Inside the Navy. February 9, 2004, p. 1. |
| 10 | Strategic Mobility | Haffa, Robert P., Jr. The Half War: Planning U.S. Rapid Deployment Forces to Meet a Loaded Contingency, 1960-1983. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1984, pp. 145-203. ISBN: 9780865317161. Miller, Charles E. Airlift Doctrine. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1989, pp. 365-420. ISBN: 9789990634129. Matthews, James K., and Cora Holt. So Many, So Much, So Far, So Fast. Scott AFB, IL: Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Research Center, United States Transportation Command, 1996, pp. 115-161. ISBN: 9789996968952. Vick, Alan, David Orletsky, Bruce Pirnie, and Seth Jones. The Stryker Brigade Combat Team: Rethinking Strategic Responsiveness and Assessing Deployment Options. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002, pp. 1-55. ISBN: 9780833032683. |
| 11 | Urban Warfare | English, John A. On Infantry. New York, NY: Praeger, 1984, pp. 185-216. ISBN: 9780030014093. Karagosian, John, and Christopher Coglianese. "Kings of the Road: Heavy and Light Forces in MOUT." In Infantry. January-February 2004, pp. 40-44. "Urban Lessons Learned: Operation Peace for Galilee." In FreeRepublic.com. Zahn, Brian R. The Future Combat System: Minimizing Risk While Maximizing Capability. Cambridge, MA: MIT Security Studies Program Working Paper, April 24, 2000, pp. 1-49. Available online (PDF - 1.3 MB) Gelbart, Marsh. Modern Israeli Tanks and Infantry Carriers 1985-2004. Osceola, WI: Osprey Publishing, 2004, pp. 1-48. ISBN: 9781841765792. |
| 12 | ISR Platforms | Day, Dwayne A., John Logsdon, and Brian Latell, eds. Eye in the Sky: The Story of the Corona Spy Satellites. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998, pp. 29-85, and 143-156. ISBN: 9781560988304. Lewis, Jonathon. Spy Capitalism: Itek and the CIA. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, pp. 219-261. ISBN: 9780300091922. NRO Organization. "Pentagon Briefing on Space Transformation." February 7, 2002. Erhard, Col. Thomas. UAV's in the United States Armed Forces: A Comparative Study of Weapon System Innovation. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University PhD thesis, 2000, pp. 103-214, 403-567,636, and 639-651. Newcome, Lawrence. Unmanned Aviation: A Brief History of Aerial Vehicles. Reston, VA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc, 2004, pp. 101-116. Fulghum, David. "NRO Wants UAVs." Aviation Week and Space Technology (September 22, 2003): 54-55. |
| 13 | ISR Networks | Kaspar, Beth. DARPATech 99 presentation. Script available online at KasparScript. Slides (see slide 5 of 17) Available online at (PDF) Chestnut, Paul. "Emitter Location Accuracy Using TDOA and Differential Doppler." IEEE Transaction on Aerospace and Electronic Systems AES-18, no. 2 (March 1982): 21-218. Gerard, DesJardins. "TDOA/FDOA Technique for locating a transmitter." United States Patent (Oct. 15, 1993). "Anti-Radar Weapon Development Pushed." Aviation Week and Space Technology (January 27, 1975): 107. Elson, Benjamin. "USAF Picks Lockheed Team to Develop Targeting System." Aviation Week and Space Technology (July 11, 1997): 23. Klass, Philip. "Air Force to Test Enemy Radar Locator." Aviation Week and Space Technology (July 23, 1984): 19. "Lockheed Awarded Fund to Continue PLSS Testing." Aviation Week and Space Technology (September 14, 1987): 89. Andronov, A. "The U.S. Navy's 'White Cloud' Spaceborne ELINT System." Foreign Military Review 7, (1993): 57-60. ISSN 0134-921X. "Precision SIGNINT Targeting System (PSTS)." Jette, Bruce. "Review of the Conclusion and Model of the SIGINT Mix Study." March 26, 1996, pp. 2-15. Fulghum, David A. "It takes and Network to Beat a Network." Aviation Week and Space Technology (November 11, 2002): 28. ———. "Pup Listens, Points." Aviation Week and Space Technology (August 23-30, 2004): 36-37. |
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