Mags, professional readings, Brottman, Mallarme, Cocteau, Nerval, Rashid, Leon, Whale.

I have read two issues of The New Yorker, two issues of OK Magazine, two issues of The New Scientist, an issue of Vanity Fair, an issue of Eclectic Reading, and an issue of The Utne Reader since my last post. I also read the complete works of the French poet, Stephane Mallarme -- I should have spared myself the trouble, he is known for the earliest modern poem extant, and not much else, I would say -- Jean Cocteau --wonderfully lyrical in places, and capable of being completely outside the box-- and Gerard de Nerval, famous for his mental illness and suicide more than anything. I read his works with ease, but I was not transfixed by his significance. I also read Descent into Chaos, by Ahmed Rashid about Pakistan post-9/11, The Atonement by Morris Leon, Victor and Victim by John Whale, all works of soteriology, and The Solitary Vice, a diatribe by Mikita Brottman against reading which I thought was pretty much sophistry.

For professional reasons, and after a trip to a fabulous library, I read the following:

Altman, Israel Elad. Strategies of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement 1928-2007. New York: Hudson Institute, 2009.

Art, Robert J. and Louise Richardson, ed. Democracy and Counterterrorism/Lessons from the Past. Washington: United States Institute for Peace, 2007.

Averett, Christian M., Louis A. Cervantes, and Patrick M. O’Hara. An Analysis Of Special Operations Command – South’s Distributive Command And Control Concept. Monterey: Naval Postgraduate School, 2007.

Benjamin, Daniel and Steven Simon. The Next Attack/ The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting It Right. New York: Holt, 2005.

Benner, Steven M. Evolution Of Maritime Strategy…Is Sea Power 21 The Answer? Carlisle Barracks: US Army War College, 3 May 2004.

Cabanas, Kevin A. Organizing SOCOM for Cross Functional and Geographic Area Operations in the Global War on Terrorism. Newport: Naval War College, 2005.

Canonico. Peter. An Alternate Military Strategy For The War On Terrorism. Monterey: Naval Postgraduate School, December 2004.

Casebeer, William D. Military Force And Culture Change: Systems, Narratives, And The Social Transmission Of Behavior In Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Monterey: Naval Postgraduate School, 2006.

Casebeer, William D. and James A. Russell. “Storytelling and Terrorism: Towards a Comprehensive 'Counter-Narrative Strategy,'” Strategic Insights IV:3 (March 2005), 1-16.

Chambliss, John G. An Assessment Of The United States National

Security Strategy For Combating Terrorism. Carlisle Barracks: US Army War College, 3 May 2004.

Chicky, Jon E. A Military Strategy For Central Asia. Carlisle Barracks: US Army war College, 3 May 2004.

Courtney, Hugh, Jane Kirkland and Patrick Viguerie. “Strategy Under Uncertainty,” in Strategy and Force Planning (Newport: Naval War College, 2000), 37-40.

Dennison, Thomas. Making Innovation Work/From Strategy to Practice. Conference Board Research Report R-1348-04-RR, 2004.

Ellis, James O. Terrorism: What’s Coming/The Mutating Threat. Washington: Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, 2007.

Etzioni, Amitai. “A National Security Strategy for the Next Administration,” Military Review (Sep 2008) 99-105.

Fish, Joanne M., Samuel J. McCraw and Christopher J. Reddish. Fighting In The Gray Zone: A Strategy To Close The Preemption Gap. Washington: Strategic Studies Institute, 2004, 39 p.

Gonnella, Joseph. Terrorism Prevention: How Does Special Operations Fit In? Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2005.

Habeck, Mary. “Jihadist Strategies in the War on Terrorism,” Heritage Foundation: Heritage Lectures no. 855, November 2004, 5 pages.

Hanley, Brian. Planning for Conflict in the Twenty-First Century. Westport: Praeger, 2008.

Hastings, Michael D. The Integration Of Conventional Forces And Special Operations Forces. Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2005

Heymann, Philip B. and Juliette N. Kayyem. Protecting Liberty in an Age of Terror. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005.

Hoge, James F. and Gideon Rose, eds. Understanding the War on Terror. Washington: Foreign Affairs, 2005.

Homeland Security Institute. National Cargo Security Strategy White Paper. http://www.homelandsecurity.org/bulletin/White_Paper_12-09-04_ver__1_8.pdf, 2004.

James, Michael E. Special Operations: Achieving Unified Direction in the Global War on Terrorism. Fort Leavenworth: United States Army Command and General Staff College, 2006.

Kunreuther, Howard, Robert Meyer and Erwann Michel-Kerjan. “ Strategies for Better Protection against Catastrophic Risks.” Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, The Wharton Working Paper # 2007-09-14, September 2007.

Liotta, P.H. “A Strategy of Chaos,” in Strategy and Force Planning (Newport: Naval War College, 2000), 598-611.

Liller, Otto K. Special Operations Forces and Foreign Internal Defense:

An Effective Counterterrorism Method. Newport: Naval War College, 2005.

Lum, Cynthia, Leslie W. Kennedy and Alison J. Sherley. The Effectiveness Of Counter-Terrorism Strategies/ A Campbell Systematic Review. Newark: Rutgers University, 2006.

Maine Emergency Management Agency. State Of Maine Statewide Homeland Security Strategy Goals and Objectives Matrix. http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/attach.php?id=23095&an=1 January 2006.

Malik, Irfan Ahmed. Islam, Terrorism, And The Strategy Of Enlightened Moderation. Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2005

Malloy, Martin L. The U.S. Coast Guard’s Ports, Waterways And Coastal Security Strategy Deployment Plan: An Operational Design For Maritime Homeland Security. Newport: Naval War College, 09 February 2004

McDonough, William. “Time for a New Strategy.” Parameters (Autumn 2008), 109-119.McFadyen, Thomas. An Effects-based Approach to Global Special Operations. Newport: Naval War College, 2006,

Mead, Water Russell. Power, Terror, Peace and War / America’s Grand Strategy in a World at Risk. New York: Knopf, 2005.

Millar, Alistair and Eric Rosand. Allied Against Terrorism: What/s Needed to Stregthen Worldwide Commitment. Washington: Century Foundation, 2006.

Mintzberg, Henry, Bruce Alhstrand and Joseph Lampel, ed. Strategy Bites Back. New York: Prentice Hall, 2005.

Nawaz, Raja Rab. Maritime Strategy in Pakistan. Monterey: Naval Postgraduate School, December 2004.

Newell, Thomas Jr. The Use Of Special Operations Forces In Combating Terrorist Financing. Monterey: Naval Postgraduate School, 2006.

Newman, Robert B. Applying The ‘Forward Strategy Of Freedom’ To Tunisia: A Case Study In The Global War On Terrorism. Carlisle Barracks: US War College, 3 May 2004.

Norwitz, Jeffrey H. ed. Armed Groups/Studies in Naitonal Security, Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency. Newport: Naval War College, 2008.

O’Quinn, Charles R.V. An Invisible Scalpel: Low-Visibility Operations In The War On Terror. Fort Leavenworth: US Army Command and General Staff College, 2006.

Owens, Mackubin Thomas. “Thinking About Strategy,” in Strategy and Force Planning (Newport: Naval War College, 2000), 426-434.

Reed, Donald J. “Why Strategy Matters in the War on Terror,” Homeland Security Affairs II:3 (October 2006), 1-24.

Rogers, Larry B. On The U.S. National Security Strategy. Washington: Strategic Studies Institute, 2004, 20 p.

Rosenthal, Uriel and Ermwin R. Muller. The Evil of Terrorism/ Diagnosis and Countermeasures. Springfield: Thomas, 2007.

Salmoni, Barak A. and Paula Holmes-Eber. Operational Culture for the Warfighter. Quantico: Marine Corps University Press, 2008.

Schliep, Randy. A Time To Kill: When Is Leadership Targeting

An Effective Counterterrorism Strategy. Monterey: Naval Postgraduate School, 2007.

Shaffer, Donald L. Unraveling Al Qaeda’s Strategy. Norfolk: Joint Forces Staff College, Joint Advanced Warfighting School, 2005.

Slater, Michael D. An Analysis Of Australia’s National Strategy In The War Against Terror. Carlisle Barracks: US Army War College, 3 May 2004.

Smith, Jerry D. The Effectiveness Of Israel’s Counterterrorism Strategy. Monterey: Naval Postgraduate School, 2005.

Sorensen, Ian. Using The National Strategy For Combating Terrorism To Determine Objectives And End States For Operation Iraqi Freedom. Carlisle Barracks: US Army War College, 3 May 2004.

Sullivan, Michael K. How To Win And Know It: An Effects-Based Approach To Irregular Warfare. Monterey: Naval Postgraduate School, 2007.

Tucker, David and Christopher J. Lamb. “Restructuring Special Operations

Forces for Emerging Threats,” Strategic Forum 219 (Jan 2006), 1-6.

UK Government. The United Kingdom’s Strategy for Countering International Terrorism. London: Houses of Parliament, 2009.

UK Government. Countering International Terrorism: The United Kingdom’s

Strategy. London: Houses of Parliament, 2006.

US Government. The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States of America. Washington: Directorate of National Intelligence, 2006, 13 p.

US Government. National Strategy for Combating Terrorism. Washington: Office of the President of the United States, September 2006, 29 pages.

United States Government Accountability Office. Special Operations Forces Several Human Capital Challenges Must Be Addressed To Meet Expanded Role. Washington: Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, 2006.

United States Government Department of Defense. Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support. Washington, 2005.

United States Government Federal Emergency Management Agency. Continuity of Operations (COOP) Multi-Year Strategy and Program Management Plan Template Guide s.d.

Vickers, Michael. Socom’s Missions And Roles. Washington: United States House Of Representatives, Committee On Armed Services Subcommittee On Terrorism, Unconventional Threats And Capabilities, 2006.

Wahlert, Thomas D. U.S. National Security Strategy - The Magnitude Of Second And Third-Order Effects On Smaller Nations: The Cases Of Lebanon During The Cold War And Pakistan During The Global War On Terrorism. Carlisle Barracks: US Army War College, 3 May 2004.