Background and Formulation

Assessment and Debate

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The Quadrennial Defense Review 1997
Office of the Secretary of Defense, May 1997.

Transforming Defense: National Security in the 21st Century
National Defense Panel, 1 December 1997.
Posted on the Federation of American Scientists Website.

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Background and Formulation

Army Public Affairs Guidance on Media Contacts Regarding QDR Release
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Framework for Constructing a "New Era" Alternative to the Bottom-Up Review
Carl Conetta and Charles Knight. Cambridge, MA: Commonwealth Institute, February 1997.

Capabilities for Major Regional Conflicts
Paul K. Davis, Richard Hillestad, and Natalie Crawford. In Strategic Appraisal 1997: Strategy and Defense Planning for the 21st Century, Zalmay M. Khalilzad and David A. Ochmanek, eds. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1997.

The Quadrennial Defense Review: the American Threat to the United States
Anthony H. Cordesman. Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 24 February 1997 (.pdf file).

Global Threats and Challenges to the United States and Its Interests Abroad
Patrick M. Hughes. Statement before the Senate Committee on Intelligence in Washington, DC, 5 February 1997.
Posted on the Federation of American Scientists Website.

Post-Cold War US Military Expenditure in the Context of World Spending Trends
Carl Conetta and Charles Knight. Cambridge, MA: Commonwealth Institute, January 1997.

Strategic Issues and Options for the Quadrennial Defense Review
Paul K. Davis and Richard Hillestad. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, January 1997.

Rebuilding a Consensus on Defense
Charles Robb. Parameters (Winter 96-97).

Adaptiveness in National Defense: The Basis of a New Framework
Paul K. Davis, David Gompert, and Richard Kugler. Issue Paper no. 155. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, August 1996.

Interservice Rivalry in Action: The Endless Roles and Missions Refrain?
Richard Szafranski. Airpower Journal (Summer 1996). (.pdf file).

Beyond the Bottom-Up Review
Mark Gunzinger. Washington, DC: Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University. undated.

Military Force Structure Review Act of 1996
(Congressional Statute mandating QDR)
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Assessment and Debate

U.S. Military-Strategic Ambitions:
Expanding to Fill the post-Soviet Vacuum
Charles Knight. Cambridge MA: Commonwealth Institute, June 2000.

The Quadrennial Defense Review:
Reiterating the Tired Status Quo
David Isenberg. Washington DC: Cato Institute, 17 September 1998.

Thomas G. McInerney. Washington, DC: Business Executives for National Security, 1998.

The Quadrennial Defense Review Process:
Lessons Learned from the 1997 Review and Options for the Future
James S. Thomason, Paul H. Richanbach, Sharon M. Fiore, and Deborah P. Christie. Alexandria, VA: Institute for Defense Analyses, August 1998 (.pdf file).
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

They Call It Transformation
John T. Correll. Air Force Magazine (February 1998)

Calling Mr. X
Eliot Cohen. The New Republic (19 January 1998).

Scrap the 2-War Strategy
Michael O'Hanlon. The Christian Science Monitor, 15 December 1997.
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Future Tense:
An Assessment of the Report of the National Defense Panel
Carl Conetta. Cambridge MA: Commonwealth Institute, 6 December 1997.

From the QDR to the NDP:
A Summary of Policy Issue Developments Between May and November 1997
Charles Knight. Cambridge MA: Commonwealth Institute, 14 November 1997.

Structuring the Total Force:
Push More Power Into Guard, Fund Modernization
Francis Greenlief. Defense News, 21-27 July 1997.
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Projections from the QDR
John A. Tirpak. Air Force Magazine (August 1997).

The QDR, the Theater of War, and Building a Better Rat-Trap
James Der Derian. Cambridge MA: Commonwealth Institute, 24 June 1997.

What Went Wrong? How to Fix It
Franklin C. Spinney. Infowar.Com., 20 June 1997.
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Backwards Into the Future:
How the QDR Prepares America for the Wrong Century
Carl Conetta. Cambridge MA: Commonwealth Institute, 16 June 1997.

QDR Fails to Boldly Confront Future
Michael Vickers. Defense News, 16 June 1997.
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

More Military Than We Need:
"Wild Card" Insurance and Unfair Fights
Neta Crawford. Cambridge MA: Commonwealth Institute, June 1997.

An Economist Examines the QDR
Ann Markusen. Cambridge MA: Commonwealth Institute, 27 May 1997.

Military Peer Review
Miriam Pemberton and Martha Honey. The Nation (26 May 1997).
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Pentagon Pursues Implausible Scenario
Eugene J. Carroll Jr. Newsday, 22 May 1997.
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

The Pentagon's War on Thrift
Lawrence J. Korb. The New York Times, 22 May 1997.
Posted on the Global Beat Website.

The QDR:
An Assessment
James R. Blaker. Washington DC: Progressive Policy Institute, 20 May 1997.
Posted on the New Democrats Online Website.

US Defense Posture in Global Context:
a framework for evaluating the Quadrennial Defense Review
Carl Conetta and Charles Knight. Cambridge MA: Commonwealth Institute, May 1997.

Assessment of the QDR
Washington DC: The National Defense Panel, 19 May 1997. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.

Asymmetric Warfare:
An Emerging Threat to U.S. Security
Jonathan B. Tucker. Cambridge MA: Commonwealth Institute, May 1997.

The Quadrennial Defense Review Tries to be All Things for All People
Patrick J. Garrity. Claremont CA: The Claremont Institute, 1997. Posted on the Missile Threat Website.

Clinton's "No Win" Defense Budget
Baker Spring. Washington DC: Heritage Foundation, February 1997.