Bibliography Category: Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency

Gardner, Hilton B. “Fighting Afghanistan’s Opium Dependency as a Means of Disrupting al Qaeda’s Illicit Funding.” Master’s Thesis, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2006. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/718 (accessed 12 August 2011). This thesis examines the question: Is the current model of interagency counterdrug cooperation sufficient to rid Afghanistan of its opium dependency and disrupt […]

Fitzgerald, Ronald J. “The Canadian Strategic Advisory Team of Afghanistan: A Possible Model for a Multinational Whole of Government Approach to Defeating an Insurgency.” Monograph, School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2009. http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll3/id/2426 (accessed 15 August 2011). This monograph examines the Canadian Strategic Advisory Team, which deployed to Afghanistan in 2005, and presents […]

Feith, Douglas J. War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism. New York, NY:Harper, 2008. This book details how the Bush administration devised its strategy and war plans in the war on terror.

Erickson, Scott J. “COIN Goes “GLOCAL”: Traditional COIN with a Global Perspective: Does the Current U.S. Strategy Reflect COIN Theory, Doctrine and Principles?.” Monograph, School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2007. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/%20singleitem/collection/p4013coll3/id/1275 (accessed 12 August 2011). It is the hypothesis of this monograph that the current conflict is most accurately characterized as a […]

Drinkwine, Brian M. The Serpent in Our Garden: Al-Qa’ida and the Long War. Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle, PA, 2009. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=877 (accessed 1 September 2011). This paper explores al-Qa’ida’s organization, leaders, doctrine, and their radical ideologies. The author argues that the war the U.S. must fight is one against Islamist transnational […]

Donahue, Patrick and Michael Fenzel. 2008. Combating a Modern Insurgency: Combined Task Force Devil in Afghanistan. Military Review Vol. 88, special edition (June): 74-89. http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/MilitaryReview/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_2008IAR0630_art012.pdf (accessed 5 April 2012). This article describes the experience of Combined Task Force Devil, an interagency and multinational force tasked with carrying out counterinsurgency operations in an area of Eastern […]

Donahoe, Adrian A. “Combing the Underworld: Identification of South East Asian Non-State Actor Proliferation Networks, Nodes, and Chokepoints.” Monograph, School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2006. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll3/id/726 (accessed 12 August 2011). This paper addresses how the U.S. military can be prepared to identify potential proliferation networks and chokepoints in South East Asia. This […]

Dickinson, Lansing E. The Military Role in Countering Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1999. http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cpc-pubs/dickinson.htm (accessed 26 June 2012). This paper examines the U.S. military capability to counter terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction. It describes the terrorist threat to U.S. forces and reasons why terrorists would […]

Department of Defense. Office of Inspector General. Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2007 – March 31, 2008. Washington, DC: Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, 2008. http://www.dodig.mil/sar/SAR_062308.pdf (accessed 13 December 2011). This report to Congress describes the activities of the DoD Office of Inspector General, with particular attention given to their oversight of […]

Department of Defense. Office of Inspector General. DoD Initiatives for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction. Washington, DC: Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, 2007. http://www.dodig.mil/fo/foia/ERR/D-2007-067_final.pdf (accessed 22 June 2012). This report discusses DoD implementation of its programs for combating weapons of mass destruction.  This document is recommending reading for civil service employees and uniformed officers responsible […]