Access PDA Publications 2001-2007
Like a Mirage in the Desert: full withdrawal may recede into the time horizon by Charles Knight, Presentation at the United States Institute of Peace panel on The Future of the U.S. Military Presence in Iraq, 25 July 2008.
Quickly, Carefully, and Generously: The Necessary Steps for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq from the Task Force for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq, a Commonwealth Institute publication, June 2008. PDF version Executive Summary PDF version.
Iraq War Withdrawal and Exit Plans a PDA compilation, updated 31 July 2008.
Confronting Iran: Critical Perspectives on the Current Crisis, its Origins, and Implications a PDA compilation, updated 10 May 2008.
The Role of Force & the Armed Forces in post-Cold War US Foreign Policy: What have we learned? Cautionary lessons for the next administration , a Security Policy Working Group symposium at Parsons: The New School for Design, NYC, 10 April 2008.
Cul de Sac: 9/11 and the Paradox of American Power PDA Research Monograph #13, 05 February 2008. PDF version.
A Prisoner to Primacy PDA Briefing Memo #43, 05 February 2008. PDF version.
Neoliberal & Neoconservative Security Policy: Views, Criticism, Alternatives A PDA Compilation, updated 02 February 2008.
The Evolving India-U.S. Strategic Relationship A PDA compilation edited by Bipasha Ray, updated 02 February 2008.
A Note on the State of Israel PDA Guest Publication, November 2007. Lutz Unterseher (SAS).
Insurgent Iraq: Links to full-text online articles and reports about the Iraqi insurgency A PDA compilation, updated 07 February 2008.
Toward a Sustainable US Defense Posture: An Option to save $60+ Billion Over the Next Five Years PDA Briefing Memo #42, 02 August 2007. PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
Congressional withdrawal plans, permanent bases in Iraq, increase in ground troops. by Bipasha Ray, Defense Analysis Bulletin #4, 01 May 2007
America speaks out: Is the United States spending too much on defense? PDA Briefing Memo #41, 26 March 2007. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
US aid to Somalia, counterterrorism in Horn of Africa, does terrorism work? by Bipasha Ray, Defense Analysis Bulletin #3, 07 March 2007
Experts give poor grades to expected defense budget proposal by Bipasha Ray, Defense Analysis Bulletin #2, 01 February 2007.
No good reason to boost Army, Marine Corps end strength PDA Briefing Report #20, 31 January 2007. PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
US aid to Afghanistan, Taliban in government, Afghan casualties, permanent bases in the Mideast by Bipasha Ray, Defense Analysis Bulletin #1, 24 January 2007
Resolving Iraq: Progress depends on a short timeline for US troop withdrawal PDA Briefing Memo #40, 18 January 2007. PDF version (Print: $5.00)
More troops for Iraq? Time to just say "No" PDA Briefing Memo #39, 09 January 2007. PDF version (Print: $5.00)
War & Consequences: Global Terrorism has Increased Since 9/11 Attacks PDA Briefing Memo #38, 25 September 2006.PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Losing Hearts and Minds: World Public Opinion and post-9/11 US Security Policy PDA Briefing Memo #37, 14 September 2006.PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Fighting on Borrowed Time: The Effect on US Military Readiness of America's post-9/11 Wars PDA Briefing Report #19, 11 September 2006.PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
Pyrrhus on the Potomac: How America's Post-9/11 Wars Have Undermined US National Security PDA Briefing Report #18, 05 September 2006.PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
Mechanized Tube Artillery as an Integral Element of Expeditionary Forces PDA Guest Publication, May 2006. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
We Can See Clearly Now: The Limits of Foresight in the pre-World War II Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) PDA Research Monograph #12, 02 March 2006. PDF version. (Print: $15.00)
QDR 2006: Do The Forces Match the Missions? DOD Gives Little Reason to Believe PDA Briefing Memo #36, 10 February 2006. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Masque of Democracy: Iraqi Election System Still Disfavors Sunni Arabs, Favors Kurds PDA Briefing Memo #35, 10 December 2005. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Arms Control in an Age of Strategic and Military Revolution PDA Research Monograph #11, 15 November 2005. PDF version. (Print: $15.00)
400 Days and Out: A Strategy for Resolving the Iraq Impasse. PDA Briefing Memo #34, 19 July 2005. (Print: $5.00)
The Iraqi Insurgency & Iraq Security Force Development: Selected Bibliography
Vicious Circle: The Dynamics of Occupation and Resistance in Iraq, Part One. Patterns of Popular Discontent. PDA Research Monograph #10, 28 May 2005. PDF version. (Print: $15.00)
Should We Stay or Should We Go? The US Debate on Exiting Iraq. PDA Briefing Memo #33, 07 March 2005. (Print: $5.00)
What do Iraqis want? Iraqi attitudes on the occupation, US withdrawal, Iraqi governments, and quality of life. Summary of data from 2004 and 2005 Iraqi public opinion polls., 01 February 2005. PDF version.
The Iraqi election "bait and switch": faulty poll will not bring peace or US withdrawal . PDA Briefing Report #17, January 2005. PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
Is the Iraq war sapping America's military power? Cautionary data and perspectives PDA Briefing Memo #32, 22 October 2004.
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Radical Departure: Toward A Practical Peace in Iraq . PDA Briefing Report #16, July 2004. PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
Disappearing the Dead: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Idea of a "New Warfare". PDA Research Monograph #9, 18 February 2004. PDF version. (Print: $16.00)
Saving General Shinseki: on the future of wheeled armor. PDA Guest Publication, February 2004. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Selected Major Terrorist Incidents Worldwide since the conclusion of Operation Enduring Freedom. PDA Briefing Memo #31, 07 January 2004. (Print: $5.00)
The New Occupation: How Preventive War is Wrecking the Military. Security Policy Working Group Commentary, 04 January 2004. (Print: $5.00)
The Wages of War: Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict. PDA Research Monograph #8, 20 October 2003. PDF version. (Print: $15.00)
European Armed Forces of Tomorrow: A New Perspective. PDA Guest Publication, 20 October 2003. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $5.00)
Catastrophic Interdiction: Air Power and the Collapse of the Iraqi Field Army in the 2003 War. PDA Briefing Memo #30, 26 September 2003. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Trends in the Incidence of International Terror Attacks on Americans After the Cold War. PDA Briefing Memo #29, 26 June 2003. PDF version. (Print: $3.00)
Civilian Casualties in the 2003 Iraq War: A Compendium of Accounts and Reports. 21 May 2003. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Burning Down the House: How the Iraq War Will Affect the International System. PDA Briefing Report #15, 06 May 2003. PDF version. (Print: $6.00)
What Colin Powell Showed Us: The End of Arms Control and the Normalization of War. PDA Briefing Report #14, 05 May 2003. PDF version. (Print: $6.00)
Reconstructing Iraq: Costs and Possible Income Sources. PDA Briefing Memo #28, 25 April 2003. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Disarming Iraq: What Did the UN Missions Accomplish? PDA Briefing Memo #27, 25 April 2003. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
9/11 and the Meanings of Military Transformation. PDA, 6 February 2003. (Print: $6.00)
Inspecting Iraq: A Record of the First 40 Days. 4 January 2003. (Print: $5.00)
Essential Elements Missing in the National Security Strategy of 2002. PDA Commentary, November 2002. (Print: $5.00)
The "New Warfare" and the New American Calculus of War. PDA Briefing Memo #26, 30 September 2002. (Print: $5.00)
Terrorism, World Order, and Cooperative Security: A research and policy development agenda. PDA Briefing Memo #24, 9 September 2002. (Print: $5.00)
First Strike Guidelines: the case of Iraq. PDA Briefing Memo #25, 16 September 2002. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
President Bush Raises the Stakes in Iraq. PDA Commentary, 03 July 2002. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
The Pentagon's New Budget, New Strategy, and New War. PDA Briefing Report #12, 25 June 2002. (Print: $6.00)
Dislocating Alcyoneus: How to combat al-Qaeda and the new terrorism. PDA Briefing Memo #23, 25 June 2002. (Print: $5.00)
German Defense Spending: Insufficient Adjustment. PDA Guest Publication, February 2002. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $5.00)
Strange Victory: A critical appraisal of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Afghanistan war. PDA Research Monograph #6, 30 January 2002. PDF version. (Print: $16.00)
Operation Enduring Freedom: Why a Higher Rate of Civilian Bombing Casualties? PDA Briefing Report #13, 18 January 2002. (Print: $5.00)
Bush Administration Policy Toward Europe: Continuity and Change. PDA, January 2002. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Cooperative Action Against Terrorism. PDA Commentary, October 2001. (Print: $5.00)
German Defense Planning: In a Crucial Phase (October 2001). Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $6.00)
What Justifies Military Intervention? PDA Commentary, 27 September 2001. (Print: $5.00)
Disengaged Warfare: Should we make a virtue of the Kosovo way of war? PDA Briefing Memo #21, May 2001. (Print: $5.00)
A New US Military Strategy? Issues and Options. PDA Briefing Memo #20, May 2001. (Print: $5.00)
Concepts for Transformation from Breaking the Phalanx. PDA Guest Publication, 19 February 2001. Col. Douglas A. Macgregor.
The Paradoxes of post-Cold War US Defense Policy: An Agenda for the 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review. PDA Briefing Memo #18, 5 February 2001. (Print: $5.00)
Can the United States Spend Less on Defense? -- Toward a Smaller, More Efficient, and More Relevant US Military. PDA Briefing Memo #17, October 2000. (Print: $5.00)
Wheels or Tracks? On the "Lightness" of Military Expeditions. PDA Briefing Memo #16, July 2000. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $5.00)
Europe's Armed Forces at the Millennium: A Case Study of Change in France, the United Kingdom, and Germany. PDA Briefing Report #11, December, 1999. (Print: $6.00)
Interventionism Reconsidered: Reconciling Military Action With Political Stability. PDA Guest Publication, September 1999. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $5.00)
The Readiness Crisis of the US Air Force: A Review and Diagnosis. PDA Briefing Report #10, 22 April 1999. (Print: $18.00)
America's New Deal With Europe: NATO Primacy and Double Expansion. October 1997. (Print: $6.00)
On the Threshold of Change: South African Defence Review reflects the continuing struggle to define a military policy for the new era. October 1996. (Print: $5.00)
Vital Force: A Proposal for the Overhaul of the UN Peace Operations System and for the Creation of a UN Legion. PDA Research Monograph #4, October 1995. PDF version. (Print: $22.00)
By Subject Matter
IRAQ CRISIS AND CONFLICT
Like a Mirage in the Desert: full withdrawal may recede into the time horizon by Charles Knight, Presentation at the United States Institute of Peace panel on The Future of the U.S. Military Presence in Iraq, 25 July 2008.
Iraq War Withdrawal and Exit Plans A PDA Compilation, updated 31 July 2008.
Quickly, Carefully, and Generously: The Necessary Steps for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq from the Task Force for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq, a Commonwealth Institute publication, June 2008. PDF version Executive Summary PDF version.
Insurgent Iraq: Links to full-text online articles and reports about the Iraqi insurgency A PDA compilation, updated 28 September 2007.
Congressional withdrawal plans, permanent bases in Iraq, increase in ground troops. by Bipasha Ray, Defense Analysis Bulletin #4, 01 May 2007
Resolving Iraq: Progress depends on a short timeline for US troop withdrawal PDA Briefing Memo #40, 18 January 2007. PDF version (Print: $5.00)
More troops for Iraq?
Time to just say "No" PDA Briefing Memo #39, 09 January 2007. PDF version (Print: $5.00)
Masque of Democracy: Iraqi Election System Still Disfavors Sunni Arabs, Favors Kurds PDA Briefing Memo #35, 10 December 2005. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
400 Days and Out: A Strategy for Resolving the Iraq Impasse. PDA Briefing Memo #34, 19 July 2005. (Print: $5.00)
The Iraqi Insurgency & Iraq Security Force Development: Selected Bibliography
Vicious Circle: The Dynamics of Occupation and Resistance in Iraq, Part One. Patterns of Popular Discontent. PDA Research Monograph #10, 28 May 2005. PDF version. (Print: $15.00)
Should We Stay or Should We Go? The US Debate on Exiting Iraq. PDA Briefing Memo #33, 07 March 2005. (Print: $5.00)
What do Iraqis want? Iraqi attitudes on the occupation, US withdrawal, Iraqi governments, and quality of life. Summary of data from 2004 and 2005 Iraqi public opinion polls., 01 February 2005. PDF version.
The Iraqi election "bait and switch": faulty poll will not bring peace or US withdrawal . PDA Briefing Report #17, January 2005. PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
Is the Iraq war sapping America's military power? Cautionary data and perspectives PDA Briefing Memo #32, 22 October 2004.
Charts, Reference Material:
(Print $5.00)
Radical Departure: Toward A Practical Peace in Iraq . PDA Briefing Report #16, July 2004. PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
Disappearing the Dead: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Idea of a "New Warfare". PDA Research Monograph #9, 18 February 2004. PDF version. (Print: $16.00)
The New Occupation: How Preventive War is Wrecking the Military. Security Policy Working Group Commentary, 04 January 2004. (Print: $5.00)
The Wages of War: Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict. PDA Research Monograph #8, 20 October 2003. PDF version. (Print: $15.00)
Catastrophic Interdiction: Air Power and the Collapse of the Iraqi Field Army in the 2003 War. PDA Briefing Memo #30, 26 September 2003. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Civilian Casualties in the 2003 Iraq War: A Compendium of Accounts and Reports. 21 May 2003. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Burning Down the House: How the Iraq War Will Affect the International System. PDA Briefing Report #15, 06 May 2003. PDF version. (Print: $6.00)
What Colin Powell Showed Us: The End of Arms Control and the Normalization of War. PDA Briefing Report #14, 05 May 2003. PDF version. (Print: $6.00)
Reconstructing Iraq: Costs and Possible Income Sources. PDA Briefing Memo #28, 25 April 2003. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Disarming Iraq: What Did the UN Missions Accomplish? PDA Briefing Memo #27, 25 April 2003. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Inspecting Iraq: A Record of the First 40 Days. 4 January 2003. (Print: $5.00)
First Strike Guidelines: the case of Iraq. PDA Briefing Memo #25, 16 September 2002. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
President Bush Raises the Stakes in Iraq. PDA Commentary, 03 July 2002. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
AFGHAN WAR AND AFTERMATH
US aid to Afghanistan, Taliban in government, Afghan casualties, permanent bases in the Mideast by Bipasha Ray, Defense Analysis Bulletin #1, 24 January 2007
Strange Victory: A critical appraisal of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Afghanistan war. PDA Research Monograph #6, 30 January 2002. PDF version. (Print: $16.00)
Operation Enduring Freedom: Why a Higher Rate of Civilian Bombing Casualties? PDA Briefing Report #11, 18 January 2002. (Print: $5.00)
Beyond bin Laden: The Temptations of a Wider War. PDA Briefing Memo #22, 28 September 2001. (Print: $3.00)
What Justifies Military Intervention? PDA Commentary, 27 September 2001. (Print: $5.00)
TERRORISM AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
Selected Major Terrorist Incidents Worldwide since the conclusion of Operation Enduring Freedom. PDA Briefing Memo #31, 07 January 2004. (Print: $5.00)
Trends in the Incidence of International Terror Attacks on Americans After the Cold War. PDA Briefing Memo #29, 26 June 2003. PDF version. (Print: $3.00)
Terrorism, World Order, and Cooperative Security: A research and policy development agenda. PDA Briefing Memo #24, 9 September 2002. (Print: $5.00)
Dislocating Alcyoneus: How to combat al-Qaeda and the new terrorism. PDA Briefing Memo #23, 25 June 2002. (Print: $5.00)
Cooperative Action Against Terrorism. PDA Commentary, October 2001. (Print: $5.00)
US DEFENSE POLICY
The Role of Force & the Armed Forces in post-Cold War US Foreign Policy: What have we learned? Cautionary lessons for the next administration , a Security Policy Working Group symposium at Parsons: The New School for Design, NYC, 10 April 2008.
Cul de Sac: 9/11 and the Paradox of American Power PDA Research Monograph #13, 05 February 2008. PDF version.
A Prisoner to Primacy PDA Briefing Memo #43, 05 February 2008. PDF version.
Neoliberal &Neoconservative Security Policy: Views, Criticism, Alternatives A PDA Compilation, updated 01 November 2007.
Toward a Sustainable US Defense Posture: An Option to save $60+ Billion Over the Next Five Years PDA Briefing Memo #42, 02 August 2007. PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
America speaks out: Is the United States spending too much on defense? PDA Briefing Memo #41, 26 March 2007. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Experts give poor grades to expected defense budget proposal by Bipasha Ray, Defense Analysis Bulletin #2, 01 February 2007.
No good reason to boost Army, Marine Corps end strength PDA Briefing Report #20, 31 January 2007. PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
War & Consequences: Global Terrorism has Increased Since 9/11 Attacks PDA Briefing Memo #38, 25 September 2006.PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Losing Hearts and Minds: World Public Opinion and post-9/11 US Security Policy PDA Briefing Memo #37, 14 September 2006.PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Fighting on Borrowed Time: The Effect on US Military Readiness of America's post-9/11 Wars PDA Briefing Report #19, 11 September 2006.PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
Pyrrhus on the Potomac: How America's Post-9/11 Wars Have Undermined US National Security PDA Briefing Report #18, 05 September 2006.PDF version. (Print: $7.00)
We Can See Clearly Now: The Limits of Foresight in the pre-World War II Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) PDA Research Monograph #12, 02 March 2006. PDF version. (Print: $15.00)
QDR 2006: Do The Forces Match the Missions? DOD Gives Little Reason to Believe PDA Briefing Memo #36, 10 February 2006. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Is the Iraq war sapping America's military power? Cautionary data and perspectives PDA Briefing Memo #32, 22 October 2004.
Charts, Reference Material:
(Print $5.00)
Saving General Shinseki: on the future of wheeled armor. PDA Guest Publication, February 2004. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). PDF version. (Print: $4.00)
9/11 and the Meanings of Military Transformation. PDA, 6 February 2003. (Print: $6.00)
Essential Elements Missing in the National Security Strategy of 2002. PDA Commentary, November 2002. (Print: $5.00)
The "New Warfare" and the New American Calculus of War. PDA Briefing Memo #26, 30 September 2002. (Print: $5.00)
The Pentagon's New Budget, New Strategy, and New War. PDA Briefing Report #12, 25 June 2002. (Print: $6.00)
Disengaged Warfare: Should we make a virtue of the Kosovo way of war? PDA Briefing Memo #21, May 2001. (Print: $5.00)
A New US Military Strategy? Issues and Options. PDA Briefing Memo #20, May 2001. (Print: $5.00)
Rotocraft for War: Descending on a Military Dilemma. PDA Briefing Memo #19, May 2001. (Print: $5.00)
Concepts for Transformation from Breaking the Phalanx. PDA Guest Publication, 19 February 2001. Col. Douglas A. Macgregor.
The Paradoxes of post-Cold War US Defense Policy: An Agenda for the 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review. PDA Briefing Memo #18, 5 February 2001. (Print: $5.00)
Can the United States Spend Less on Defense? -- Toward a Smaller, More Efficient, and More Relevant US Military. PDA Briefing Memo #17, October 2000. (Print: $5.00)
Wheels or Tracks? On the "Lightness" of Military Expeditions. PDA Briefing Memo #16, July 2000. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $5.00)
The Readiness Crisis of the US Air Force: A Review and Diagnosis. PDA Briefing Report #10, 22 April 1999. (Print: $18.00)
GLOBAL & REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
Confronting Iran: Critical perspectives on the current crisis, its origins, and implications A PDA compilation, updated 10 May 2007.
A Note on the State of Israel PDA Guest Publication, November 2007. Lutz Unterseher (SAS).
The Evolving India-U.S. Strategic Relationship A PDA compilation edited by Bipasha Ray, updated 22 October 2007.
US aid to Somalia, counterterrorism in Horn of Africa, does terrorism work? by Bipasha Ray, Defense Analysis Bulletin #3, 07 March 2007
Arms Control in an Age of Strategic and Military Revolution PDA Research Monograph #11, 15 November 2005. PDF version.(Print: $15.00)
European Armed Forces of Tomorrow: A New Perspective. PDA Guest Publication, 20 October 2003. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $5.00)
German Defense Spending: Insufficient Adjustment. PDA Guest Publication, February 2002. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $5.00)
Bush Administration Policy Toward Europe: Continuity and Change. PDA, January 2002. PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
German Defense Planning: In a Crucial Phase (October 2001). Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $6.00)
Europe's Armed Forces at the Millennium: A Case Study of Change in France, the United Kingdom, and Germany. PDA Briefing Report #11, December, 1999. (Print: $6.00)
Interventionism Reconsidered: Reconciling Military Action With Political Stability. PDA Guest Publication, September 1999. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $5.00)
America's New Deal With Europe: NATO Primacy and Double Expansion. October 1997. (Print: $6.00)
On the Threshold of Change: South African Defence Review reflects the continuing struggle to define a military policy for the new era. October 1996. (Print: $5.00)
Vital Force: A Proposal for the Overhaul of the UN Peace Operations System and for the Creation of a UN Legion. PDA Research Monograph #4, October 1995. PDF version. (Print: $22.00)
INTERNATIONAL STUDY GROUP ON ALTERNATIVE SECURITY POLICY (SAS), Berlin
Mechanized Tube Artillery as an Integral Element of Expeditionary Forces PDA Guest Publication, May 2006. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
Saving General Shinseki: on the future of wheeled armor. PDA Guest Publication, February 2004. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
European Armed Forces of Tomorrow: A New Perspective. PDA Guest Publication, 20 October 2003. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). PDF version. (Print: $5.00)
German Defense Spending: Insufficient Adjustment. PDA Guest Publication, February 2002. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $5.00)
German Defense Planning: In a Crucial Phase (October 2001). Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $6.00)
Wheels or Tracks? On the "Lightness" of Military Expeditions. PDA Briefing Memo #16, July 2000. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $5.00)
Interventionism Reconsidered: Reconciling Military Action With Political Stability. PDA Guest Publication, September 1999. Lutz Unterseher (SAS). (Print: $3.00)
