Bibliography Category: Operations Other Than War

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Iraq Reconstruction: Lessons in Program and Project Management. Arlington, VA: Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, 2007. http://www.sigir.mil/files/lessonslearned/Lessons_Learned_March21.pdf (accessed 21 November 2011). This report examines the management of reconstruction efforts in Iraq. SIGIR reviewed all relevant documents and conducted extensive interviews with those possessing direct experience managing programs and […]

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Iraq Reconstruction: Lessons in Human Capital Management. Arlington, VA: Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, 2006. http://www.sigir.mil/files/lessonslearned/Lessons_Learned_Feb16.pdf (accessed 21 November 2011). This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Lessons Learned Forum which focused on human capital management.

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Iraq Reconstruction: Lessons in Contracting and Procurement. Arlington, VA: Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, 2006. http://www.sigir.mil/files/lessonslearned/Lessons_Learned_July21.pdf (accessed 21 November 2011). This report focuses on contracting and procurement during U.S. relief and reconstruction effort in Iraq, providing a chronological review of the U.S. government’s contracting and procurement experience during […]

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2009. http://www.sigir.mil/files/HardLessons/Hard_Lessons_Report.pdf (accessed 21 November 2011). This report reviews the Iraq reconstruction experience from mid-2002 through the fall of 2008. The report presents a chronological history of the reconstruction program, threading together a number of themes including security […]

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Comprehensive Plan Needed to Guide the Future of the Iraq Reconstruction Management System. Arlington, VA: Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, 2008. (accessed 21 November 2011). This report addresses the Iraq Reconstruction Management System.

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Applying Iraq’s Hard Lessons to the Reform of Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations. Arlington, VA: Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, 2010. http://www.sigir.mil/files/USOCO/ApplyingHardLessons.pdf (accessed 21 November 2011). This paper addresses—and proposes an answer to—the question of who should be accountable for planning, managing, and executing stabilization and reconstruction operations (SROs). […]

Sisbarro, Deborah. 2012. Seeking Refuge: PRM Team helps displaced individuals find better lives. State Magazine no. 566 (April): 16-18. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/186815.pdf (accessed 26 March 2012). This article explores the State Department’s efforts in addressing refugee-related issues.

Shin, David W. 2009. Narrowing the Gap: DOD and Stability Operations. Military Review Vol. 89, no. 2 (March/April): 23-32. http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/MilitaryReview/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_20090430_art006.pdf (accessed 2 August 2011). This article examines the military’s role in stability operations. The author asserts that greater interagency cooperation would fill gaps in the military’s execution of stability operations.

Sewall, Sarah, Dwight Raymond, and Sally Chin. Mass Atrocity Response Operations: A Military Planning Handbook. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Kennedy School, 2010. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/maro/pdf/MARO_Handbook_4.30.pdf (accessed 9 March 2012). This handbook examines Mass Atrocity Response Operations (MARO). Part I of the Handbook explains how a MARO is a specific type of operation involving a dynamic mix of offense, […]

Serafino, Nina M. Peacekeeping/Stabilization and Conflict Transitions: Background and Congressional Action on the Civilian Response/Reserve Corps and other Civilian Stabilization and Reconstruction Capabilities. CRS Report for Congress RL32862. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2009. http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32862_20090205.pdf (accessed 5 October 2011). This report examines peacekeeping, stabilization, and post-conflict issues as they relate to civilian entities.