Bibliography Category: Operations Other Than War

Department of Defense. Department of Defense Directive 3025.12, Military Assistance for Civil Disturbances. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1994. http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/302512p.pdf (accessed 1 November 2011). This directive updates policy and responsibilities governing planning and response by the DoD Components for military assistance to Federal, State, and local government (including government of U.S. territories) and their law […]

Department of Defense. Department of Defense Directive, 3025.18, Defense Support to Civil Authorities. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2010. http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/302518p.pdf (accessed 1 November 2011). This directive establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for Department of Defense support to civil authorities (DSCA), and provides guidance for the execution and oversight of DSCA operations when requested by civil […]

DeJarnett, John. “Toward a Nation-Building Operating Concept.” Monograph, School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2009. http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll3/id/2657 (accessed 15 August 2011). This monograph explores political science theory and contemporary practice to develop a structural framework for nation-building. The generalized framework is predicated on the observation that interagency operations can achieve a degree of self-synchronization […]

Davidson, Lisa Witzig, Margaret Daly Hayes, and James J. Landon. Humanitarian and Peace Operations: NGOs and the Military in the Interagency Process. Washington, DC: National Defense University Press, 1996. http://www.dodccrp.org/files/Davidson_Humanitarian.pdf (accessed 9 September 2011). This report documents the latest in a series of workshops and roundtables organized by the National Defense University’s Institute for National […]

Darling, Paul T. and Justin Lawlor. 2012. Uncomfortable Questions. Military Review Vol. 92, no. 2 (March/April): 21-26. http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/MilitaryReview/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_20120430_art006.pdf (accessed 5 April 2012). This article argues for a reorientation and reconsideration of US strategy in Afghanistan, away from a fight against the Taliban towards a fight for the Pashtun population of southern Afghanistan and Pakistan. The […]

Cooper, Joseph S. “Including a Critical Path Method of Project Management to Assist the Planning and Tracking of Stability Operations.” Master’s Thesis, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2008. http://cdm16040.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/2576/rec/9 (accessed 16 June 2011). This thesis seeks to determine if applying the critical path method, a way to plan and execute complex projects, […]

Congress. House of Representatives. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Armed Services. Agency Stovepipes vs. Strategic Agility: Lessons We Need to Learn from Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq and Afghanistan. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2008. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA480736&Location=U2&doc=%20GetTRDoc.pdf (accessed 17 August 2011). This is a report by the House Subcommittee on Oversight and […]

Congress. House of Representatives. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services. Interagency Reform: Can the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Case Study Illuminate the Future of Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations. 110th Cong., 2nd sess., 2008. H.A.S.C. 110-109. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_house_hearings&docid=f:42901.pdf (accessed 17 August 2011). This is a transcript of a House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee […]

Congress. House of Representatives. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Terrorism and Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services. Irregular Warfare and Stability Operations: Approaches to Interagency Integration. 110th Cong., 2nd sess., 2008. H.A.S.C. 110-118. http://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=35251 (accessed 27 September 2011). This is a transcript of a joint hearing by the House Oversight […]

Congress. House of Representatives. Measuring and Increasing the Effectiveness of Provincial Reconstruction Teams. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2008. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/19959450/MEASURING-AND-INCREASING-THE-EFFECTIVENESS-OF-PROVINCIAL-RECONSTRUCTION-TEAMS-House-Congressional-Hearing-110th-Congres (accessed 21 July 2011). This is a transcript of a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on measuring and improving the effectiveness of provincial reconstruction teams in Iraq and Afghanistan.