| 1 | Introduction and Overview of Course | | | 2 | The Defense Budget in Context: The Federal Budget Outlook |  Williams, Cindy. "Introduction." In Holding the Line: U.S. Defense Alternatives for the Early 21st Century. Edited by Cindy Williams. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001, pp. 1-18. ISBN: 9780262731409.
O'Hanlon, Michael. "Introduction." In The Defense Policy Choices for the Bush Administration, 2001. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, pp. 1-21. ISBN: 9780815700791.
Kosiak, Steven M. An Analysis of the FY 2005 Defense Budget Request. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), 2004. (Skim and keep for reference.)
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). "Economic Data: United States," and "International Comparisons of Defence Expenditure and Military Manpower, 1985, 2001, and 2002." In The Military Balance 2003-2004. Edited by Christopher Langton. Oxford: Oxford University Press, October 2003, pp. 232-237 (read), pp. 335-340. (Skim and keep for reference.) ISBN: 9780198528739.
Congressional Budget Office. "Summary." In The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2005-2014. January 2004.
Defense Comptroller's Green Book. View Budget Authority history by appropriation title.
Historical Tables of the Federal Budget. "Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category as Percentages of GDP: 1962-2009." The OMB's 2005 budget. Pull up the Historical Tables and view Table of Contents and Table 8.4.
Congressional Budget Office. "The Looming Budgetary Impact of Society's Aging." Long-Range Policy Brief No. 2. July 3, 2002. | | 3 | Defense Budget Concepts and Processes | Tyszkiewicz, Mary T., and Stephen Daggett. "A Defense Budget Primer." Congressional Research Service Report to Congress . December 9, 1998, pp. 1-53.
For a more compact primer with helpful graphics, go to CSBA Online, click on Defense Budget Studies and then on Defense Budget Process.
Wolfowitz, Paul. "Procedures and Schedule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2009 Program, Budget, and Execution Review." Deputy Secretary of Defense, Memorandum for Secretaries of the Military Departments and others. May 21, 2003.
"Pay Raise and Price Increases: Treatment of Inflation (PDF - 2.86 MB)." Chapter 5 in Green Book for FY 2005. (Skim and keep for reference.)
Department of Defense. "Special Defense Department Briefing with the FY 2005 Budget." Briefing transcript and briefing slides (PDF). | | 4 | Estimating the Shortfall: Mismatches Between Plans and Dollars | Congressional Budget Office. The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Summary Update for Fiscal Year 2004. July 2003.
Kosiak, Steven M. "Cost Growth in Defense Plans, Occupation in Iraq and War on Terror Could Add Nearly $1.1 Trillion to Projected Deficits." CSBA Backgrounder. August 26, 2003. | | 5 | Matching Forces to Grand Strategy | Posen, Barry R., and Andrew L. Ross. "Competing Visions for U.S. Grand Strategy." International Security 21, no. 3 (Winter 1996-1997): 5-53. (PDF)
Williams, Cindy. "Introduction." In Holding the Line: U.S. Defense Alternatives for the Early 21st' Century. Edited by Cindy Williams. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001, pp. 18-33. ISBN: 9780262731409. White House. The National Security Strategy of the United States of America (PDF). September 2002.
Department of Defense. The Quadrennial Defense Review Report. September 2002. [Provided in black-and-white hard copy in the reading package; available in color in (PDF).] | | 6 | Spending to Modernize and Transform the Forces | O'Hanlon, Michael. Chapter 4 in The Defense Policy Choices for the Bush Administration, 2001-05. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, pp. 82-114. ISBN: 9780815700791. Kosiak, Steven M. Buying Tomorrow's Military: Options for Modernizing US Defense Capital Stock. 62 pages. Available online.
Congressional Budget Office. Transforming the Navy's Surface Combatant Force. March 2003. Available online.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. "Investing in Transformation." In Annual Report to the President and the Congress. 2003, pp. 8-9. | | 7 | Matching Forces to a Budget | Williams, Cindy. Owen Cote's "Buying '...From the Sea': A Defense Budget for a Maritime Strategy," James T. Quinlivan's "Flexible Ground Forces," and Karl Mueller's "Flexible Power Projection for a Dynamic World: Exploiting the Potential of Air Power." In Holding the Line: U.S. Defense Alternatives for the Early 21st Century. Edited by Cindy Williams. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001. 3 chapters, pp. 141-180, pp. 181-210, pp. 211-252. ISBN: 9780262731409. | | 8 | Federal Spending for Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism | The White House. National Security Strategy for Homeland Security (PDF - 2.63 MB). July 2002.
The White House. National Security Strategy for Combating Terrorism (PDF). February 2003.
Office of Management and Budget. 2003 Report to Congress on Combating Terrorism (PDF). September 2003. | | 9 | Saving Money on Military Infrastructure | Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. "Appendix C: Resources Allocated to Mission and Support Activities." Annual Report to the President and the Congress. 2003.
Williams, Cindy. "Holding the Line on Infrastructure Spending." In Holding the Line: U.S. Defense Alternatives for the Early 21st Century. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001. pp. 55-78. ISBN: 9780262731409.
Carter, Ashton B. "Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future." In Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future. Edited by Ashton B. Carter and John P. White. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001, pp. 1-25. ISBN: 9780262531948. | | 10 | Budgeting for Readiness | O'Hanlon, Michael. "Military Readiness and Overseas Commitments." Chapter 2. In The Defense Policy Choices for the Bush Administration 2001-2005. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, pp. 22-58. ISBN: 9780815700791.
Congressional Budget Office. The Effects of Aging on the Costs of Operating and Maintaining Military Equipment. August 2001. 52 pages.
Conetta, Carl, and Charles Knight. The Readiness Crisis of the U.S. Air Force: A Review and Diagnosis. (Project on Defense Alternatives, 22 April 1999), Executive Summary. | | 11 | Spending for Military Pay and Benefits | Cindy, Williams. "Introduction." In Filling the Ranks: Transforming the U.S. Military Personnel System. Edited by Cindy Williams. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004, pp. 1-28. ISBN: 9780262232395.
Hogan, Paul F. "Overview of the Current Personnel and Compensation System." In Filling the Ranks: Transforming the U.S. Military Personnel System. Edited by Cindy Williams. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004, pp. 29-53. ISBN: 9780262232395.
Hosek, James, and Jennifer Sharp. "Keeping Military Pay Competitive: The Outlook for Civilian Wage Growth and Its Consequences." Rand Issue Paper. 2001, 14 pages. | | 12 | Presentation of Alternative Defense Plans | No readings. Group presentation(s) of alternative strategies, forces, modernization programs, and budgets. |
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