Understanding Modern Military Operations

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• [L] = Lovell, Bernard. Echoes of War: The Story of H 2 S Radar . CRC Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780852743171. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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• [P] = Prange, Gordon W., with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor . 60th anniversary ed. Penguin Books, 1982. ISBN: 9780140157345. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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• [PR] = Price, Alfred. Air Battle Central Europe . Free Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780029254516.
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• [R] = Reynolds, Clark G. The Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy . Naval Institute Press, 2013. ISBN: 9781591147220.
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• SES #: 1 · TOPICS: Introduction · READINGS: No readings assigned
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• Posen, Barry R. “The Importance of Military Doctrine.” Chapter 1 in The Sources of Military Doctrine: France, Britain, and Germany Between the World Wars . Cornell University Press, 1986. ISBN: 9780801494277.
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• Rosen, Stephen Peter. “Thinking about Military Innovation.” Chapter 1 in Winning the Next War: Innovation and the Modern Military . Cornell University Press, 1994, pp. 1–22. ISBN: 9780801481963. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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• Greenwood, Ted. “Overview.” Chapter 1 in Making the MIRV: A Study of Defense Decision Making . University Press of American, 1988. ISBN: 9780819170774.
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• ———. “Innovation.” Chapter 2 in Making the MIRV: A Study of Defense Decision Making . University Press of American, 1988, pp. 27–50. ISBN: 9780819170774.
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• Biddle, Stephen. “The Modern System.” Chapter 3 in Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle . Princeton University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780691128023. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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• ———. “The Modern System, Preponderance, and Changing Technology.” Chapter 4 in Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle . Princeton University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780691128023.
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• House, Jonathan M. “Total War, 1939–1945.” Part II in Combined Arms Warfare in the Twentieth Century . University Press of Kansas, 2001. ISBN: 9780700610983.
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• Luttwak, Edward N. “The Operational Level of War.” Chapter 11 in Strategy and History: Collected Essays, Volume Two . Routledge, 1985. ISBN: 9780887380655.
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• Van Creveld, Martin. Military Lessons of the Yom Kippur War: Historical Perspectives (The Washington Papers) . SAGE Publications, Ltd., 1975. ISBN: 9780803905627.
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• ———. “War of the Accountants.” Chapter 7 in Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton . 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780521546577.
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• Frankland, Noble. Bomber Offensive: The Devastation of Europe . Ballantine Books, 1970. ISBN: 9780345019059.
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• ———. “The Combined Bomber Offensive: Classical and Revolutionary, Combined and Divided, Planned and Fortuitous.” In Command and Commanders in Modern Warfare: The Proceedings of the Second Military History Symposium, U.S. Air Force Academy, 2 – 3 May 1968 . Edited by William Geffen. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012. ISBN: 9781478140238.
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• Brodie, Bernard. A Layman’s Guide to Naval Strategy . Oxford University Press, 1943, pp. 3–116, and pp. 175–214. ASIN: B000IGEC9G.
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• [R] Chapter 1: Fast Carriers, 1922–1942.
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• [R] Chapter 2: Weapon of Expediency, 1942–1943.
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• [R] Chapter 6: Battle of the Fast Carriers.
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• [R] Chapter 10: Changing Missions: Peripheral War. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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• Moulton, J. L. A Study of Warfare in 3 Dimensions: The Norwegian Campaign of 1940 . Ohio University Press, 1968, pp. 19–34, and 263–98. ASIN:B004G8BJF2.
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• Hezlet, Sir Arthur. “Japanese Naval Air Power in the Pacific, 1941–42.” Chapter 8 in Aircraft and Sea Power . Stein and Day, 1970. pp. 202–13, and 221–22. ISBN: 9780812813081.
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• ———. “Air Power Over the Sea in European Wars, January – July, 1942.” Chapter 9 in Aircraft and Sea Power . Stein and Day, 1970, pp. 223–31, and 235–36. ISBN: 9780812813081.
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• ———. “The Submarine as a Worship in the Pacific in the Second World War (December 1941 – August 1945).” Chapter 11 in The Submarine & Sea Power . Stein and Day, 1967. ISBN: 9780432067307.
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• ———. “The American Campaign against Commerce in the Pacific (December 1941 – August 1945).” Chapter 12 in The Submarine & Sea Power . Stein and Day, 1967. ISBN: 9780432067307.
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• Price, Alfred. “Map.” Aircraft Versus Submarine . Jane’s Information Group, 1980, pp. 128–29. ISBN: 9780710600080.
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• SES #: 6 · TOPICS: Naval Warfare (Cold War) · READINGS: Cote, Jr., Owen R. The Third Battle: Innovation in the U.S. Navy’s Silent Cold War Struggle with Soviet Submarines . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012. ISBN: 9781478398615.
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• Carpenter, P. Mason. “ Joint Operations in the Gulf War: An Allison Analysis .” Master’s thesis, Air University, 1995, pp. 11–20. ↗
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• Cohen, Eliot. Gulf War Air Power Survey, Vol. II: Operations and Effects and Effectiveness . Department of the Air Force, 1993, pp. 112–13, and 119–23. ISBN: 9780160429101.
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• Fallows, James. “Two Weapons.” Chapter 4 in National Defense . Random House, 1981, pp. 95–106. ISBN: 9780394518244.
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• [PR] Chapter 3: The Air Defence Battle.
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• Anderegg, C. R. “The Eagle.” Chapter 15 in Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade After Vietnam . Government Reprints Press, 2001. ISBN: 9781931839044.
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• Westrum, Ron. “Early Generations.” Chapter 14 in Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake . MD: Naval Institute Press, 1999. ISBN: 9781557509512.
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• ———. “Later Generations.” Chapter 15 in Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake . MD: Naval Institute Press, 1999. ISBN: 9781557509512.
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• Wilcox, Robert K. “Skies Above Decimomannu, Sardinia, Late Summer 1999, After the Kosovo War.” Chapter 1 in Black Aces High: The Story of a Modern Fighter Squadron at War . St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 2004, pp. 3–9. ISBN: 9780312997083.
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• Stimson, George W. “Sources and Spectra of Ground Return.” Chapter 23 in Introduction to Airborne Radar . 2nd ed. SciTech Publishing Inc., 1998. ISBN: 9781891121012.
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• ———. “The Crucial Choice of PRF.” Chapter 24 in Introduction to Airborne Radar . 2nd ed. SciTech Publishing Inc., 1998. ISBN: 9781891121012.
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• “Radar Principles.” Chapter 5 in Electronic Warfare Fundamentals . November 2000. ↗
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• Robinson, Jr., Clarence A. “Fighter, Missile Gains Pressed.” Aviation Week & Space Technology (April 4, 1977): 12.
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• ———. “Aerial Combat Test to Advance.” Aviation Week & Space Technology (April 25, 1977): 28.
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• Watts, Barry D. “’Situation Awareness’ in Air-to-Air Combat and Friction.” Chapter 9 in Clausewitzian Friction and Future War . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012. ISBN: 9781478215318. [Preview with Google Books ]. ↗
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• Brungess, Lt. Col. James R. “Service Approaches to SEAD.” Chapter 3 in Setting The Context: Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses and Joint War Fighting in an Uncertain World . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012, pp. 93–110. ISBN: 9781478356660.
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• Thornborough, Anthony M., and Frank B. Mormillo. “Advanced Wild Weasels.” Chapter 5 in Iron Hand: Smashing the Enemy’s Air Defences . Haynes Publishing, 2002, pp. 178–79, and 190–91. ISBN: 9781852606053.
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• ———. “Desert Stormers.” Chapter 6 in Iron Hand: Smashing the Enemy’s Air Defences . Haynes Publishing, 2002, pp. 248–51. ISBN: 9781852606053.
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• ———. “Sixteen-Shooters.” Chapter 7 in Iron Hand: Smashing the Enemy’s Air Defences . Haynes Publishing, 2002. ISBN: 9781852606053.
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• [PR] Chapter 10: The Intelligence Gatherers.
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• [PR] Chapter 12: The Electronic Foxers.
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• [PR] Chapter 13: The Wild Weasels.
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• “Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) Basic Operations and Geolocation Techniques.” Chapter 17 in Electronic Warfare Fundamentals , pp. 17-15–17-20. November 2000. ↗
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• Fulghum, David A., and Robert Wall. “Data Link, EW Problems Pinpointed by Pentagon.” Aviation Week & Space Technology 151, no. 10 (1999): 87.
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• Isby, David C. “Targeting Pod Upgrade for F-16s.” Air Force News 3, no. 18 (1999): 18.
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• Tirpak, John A. “Dealing With Air Defenses.” (PDF) Air Force Magazine , November 1999. ↗
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• Bender, Bryan. “USAF to Expand Anti-radar Attack Capability.” Jane’s Defence Weekly 32, no. 24 (1999): 10–11.
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• Isby, David C. “Funding Cut Could Delay HARM Targeting System Upgrade.” Jane’s Missiles and Rockets 4, no. 2 (2000): 8.
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• Wall, Robert. “Netted Approach to Kill SAMs.” Aviation Week & Space Technology 153, no. 14 (October 2, 2000): 67.
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• ———. “Location, Location.” Aviation Week & Space Technology (November 24, 2003): 43–44.
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• ———. “Dead On,” and “Pack Mentality.” in Aviation Week & Space Technology (November 24, 2003): 46–47.
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• ———. “In HARM’s Way.” Aviation Week & Space Technology (November 24, 2003): 45–46.
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• ———. “HARM In Trying: Italian Involvement Would Build on Prior Anti-radar Cooperation.” Aviation Week & Space Technology 161, no. 15 (October 18, 2004): 56.
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• ———. “Alternative Path: U.S. Air Force Eyes Upgrade to Raytheon Anti-Radar Missile.” Aviation Week & Space Technology 161, no. 22 (December 6, 2004): 34.
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• ———. “Sharper Stint; HARM Targeting System Upgrade to Double Range of Fielded Version.” Aviation Week & Space Technology 162, no. 1 (January 3, 2005): 55.
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• Blackwelder, Donald I. The Long Road to Desert Storm and Beyond: The Development of Precision Guided Bombs . BiblioScholar, 2012, 1993, pp. 1–40. ISBN: 9781249327776. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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• Anderegg, C. R. “Mud Beaters.” Chapter 12 in Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade After Vietnam . Government Reprints Press, 2001. ISBN: 9781931839044.
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• ———. “Maverick: Love It or Hate It.” Chapter 13 in Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade After Vietnam . Government Reprints Press, 2001. ISBN: 9781931839044.
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• Futrell, Robert. Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force 1961 – 1984, Volume II . Air University Press, 1989, pp. 558–66. ASIN: B000PGG4UE.
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• [PR] Chapter 4: The Long Punch.
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• Cohen, Eliot. Gulf War Air Power Survey, Vol. IV: Weapons, Tactics, and Training . U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993, pp. 85–88, 121–41, and 252–95. ISBN: 9780160429279.
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• Cahlink, George. “ Birth of a Bomb .” Government Executive Magazine , August 1, 2003. ↗
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• Brown, Malina. “Navy Zeros JDAM HART Account to Pay for Small Diameter Bomb.” Inside the Navy , February 9, 2004.
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• Haffa, Jr., Robert P. “Supporting the Limited Contingency: Mobility Systems for Rapid Deployment, 1960–1980.” Chapter 4 in The Half War: Planning U.S. Rapid Deployment Forces to Meet a Loaded Contingency, 1960–1983 . Westview Press, 1984. ISBN: 9780865317161.
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• Miller, Lt. Col. Charles E. “The Modern Airlift Era.” Chapter 7 in Airlift Doctrine . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012. ISBN: 9781478393306.
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• Matthews, James K., and Cora J. Holt. “Sealift.” Chapter 4 in So Many, So Much, So Far, So Fast: United States Transportation Command and Strategic Deployment for Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm . Office of the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff and United States Transportation Command, 1996. ISBN: 9780160591877.
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• Vick, Alan, David Orletsky, Bruce Pirnie, et al. “Introduction.” Chapter 1 in The Stryker Brigade Combat Team: Rethinking Strategic Responsiveness and Assessing Deployment Options . RAND Corporation, 2003. ISBN: 9780833032683. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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• ———. “Deployment the SBCTs.” Chapter 2 in The Stryker Brigade Combat Team: Rethinking Strategic Responsiveness and Assessing Deployment Options . RAND Corporation, 2003. ISBN: 9780833032683.
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• Wheelon, Albert D. “CORONA: A Triumph of American Technology.” Chapter 2 in Eye in the Sky: The Story of the CORONA Spy Satellites . Edited by Dwayne A. Day, John M. Logsdon, and Brian Latell. Smithsonian Books, 1999. ISBN: 9781560987734.
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• Day, Dwayne A. “The Development and Improvement of the CORONA Satellite.” Chapter 3 in Eye in the Sky: The Story of the CORONA Spy Satellites . Edited by Dwayne A. Day, John M. Logsdon, and Brian Latell. Smithsonian Books, 1999. ISBN: 9781560987734.
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• Haines, Gerald. “The National Reconnaissance: Its Origins, Creations, and Early Years.” Chapter 6 in Eye in the Sky: The Story of the CORONA Spy Satellites . Edited by Dwayne A. Day, John M. Logsdon, and Brian Latell. Smithsonian Books, 1999. ISBN: 9781560987734.
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• Wheelon, Albert D. “ CORONA: The First Reconnaissance Satellites .” Physics Today 50, no. 2 (1997): 24–30. ↗
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• Lewis, Jonathan. “Washington Troubles.” Chapter 16 in Spy Capitalism: ITEK and the CIA . Yale University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780300091922.
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• ———. “Fulcrum.” Chapter 17 in Spy Capitalism: ITEK and the CIA . Yale University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780300091922. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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• Department of Defense Briefing on Space Transformation , Presenter: Under Secretary of the Air Force Peter Teets, February 7, 2002. ↗
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• Erhard, Lt. Col. Thomas. “UAVs in the United States Armed Forces: A Comparative Study of Weapon System Innovation.” PhD Thesis, Johns Hopkins University, 2000, pp. 103–214, 403–567,636, 639–51.
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• Newcome, Lawrence. “Endeavoring to Endure.” Chapter 13 in Unmanned Aviation: A Brief History of Aerial Vehicles . American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., 2004. ISBN: 9781563476440. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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• Fulghum, David. “NRO Wants UAVs.” Aviation Week & Space Technology (September 22, 2003): 54–55.
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• “ Charting a Technical Revolution: An Interview with Former DDS&T Albert Wheelon (U) .” Studies in Intelligence 45, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 31–43. ↗
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• Richelson, Jeffrey T. “ Eavesdroppers in Disguise .” Air Force Magazine , August 2012. ↗
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• Day, Dwayne A. “ Radar Love: The Tortured History of American Space Radar Programs .” The Space Review , January 22, 2007. ↗
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• Kohler, Robert. “One Officer’s Perspective: The Decline of the National Reconnaissance Office.” Studies in Intelligence 46, no. 2 (2002).
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• Fitzgerald, Dennis. “Commentary on ‘The Decline of the National Reconnaissance Office’.” (PDF) Studies in Intelligence 46, no. 2 (2002). ↗
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• “Anti-Radar Weapon Development Pushed.” Aviation Week & Space Technology (January 27, 1975): 107.
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• Elson, Benjamin. “USAF Picks Lockheed Team to Develop Targeting System.” Aviation Week & Space Technology (July 11, 1997): 23.
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• Klass, Philip. “Air Force to Test Enemy Radar Locator.” Aviation Week & Space Technology (July 23, 1984): 19.
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• “Lockheed Awarded Fund to Continue PLSS Testing.” Aviation Week & Space Technology (September 14, 1987): 89.
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• Andronov, Major A. “ The U.S. Navy’s ‘White Cloud’ Spaceborne ELINT System .” Foreign Military Review no. 7 (1993): 57–60. ↗
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• ———. “ American Geosynchronous SIGINT Satellites .” Foreign Military Review no. 12 (1993): 37–43. ↗
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• Jette, Lt. Col. Bruce D., Ph.D. “Review of the Conclusion and Model of the SIGINT Mix Study.” (PDF) March 26, 1996. ↗
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• Fulghum, David A. “It Takes a Network to Beat a Network.” Aviation Week & Space Technology 157, no. 20 (November 11, 2002): 28.
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• ———. “Pup Listens, Points.” Aviation Week & Space Technology (August 23–30, 2004): 36–37.
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• “Change Agent.” DefenseNews (October 8, 2010).
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• Carter, Ashton B. “Communications Technologies and Vulnerabilities.” Chapter 7 in Managing Nuclear Operations . Edited by Ashton B. Carter, John D. Steinbruner, and Charles A. Zraket. Brookings Institution Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780815713135.
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• English, John A. “Beyond Deterrence: The Contemporary Requirement for Infantry.” Chapter 8 in On Infantry . Praeger, 1984. ISBN: 9780030014093.
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• Karagosian, John, and Christopher Coglianese. “ Training Notes: Kings of the Road: Heavy and Light Forces in MOUT .” Infantry 93, no. 1 (January – February 2004): 40–44. ↗
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• “ Urban Lessons Learned: Operation Peace for Galilee .” Urban Operations Journal (August 28, 2002). ↗
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• Zahn, Brian R. The Future Combat System: Minimizing Risk While Maximizing Capability . PN, 2000. ASIN: B00JBMM5TW.
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• Gelbart, Marsh. Modern Israeli Tanks and Infantry Carriers 1985 – 2004 . Osprey Publishing, 2004. ISBN: 9781841765792. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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