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Transformation Under Fire: A Historical Case Study with Modern Parallels
Raymond A. Kimball. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 06 November 2007.

Fiscal Stewardship and Defense Transformation
David M. Walker. Speech before the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 08 March 2007 (.pdf file).

DOD Transformation: Challenges and Opportunities
David M. Walker. U.S. Army War College, 12 February 2007 (.pdf file).

We Can See Clearly Now: The Limits of Foresight in the pre-World War II Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA)
Carl Conetta, PDA Research Monograph #12, 02 March 2006. (printable full text .pdf)

Analyst: Advanced Networks To Be Rumsfeld Legacy
Scott Nance. Defense Today. 08 December 2005. NOTE: Will open as a Word document.

Critical Technology Events in the Development of the Abrams Tank: Project Hindsight Revisited
Richard Chait, John Lyons and Duncan Long. Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, December 2005 (.pdf file).

The Submarine as a Case Study in Transformation Implications for Future Investment
James H. Patton, Jr. Naval War College Review, August 2005. Posted on the Find Articles website.

Military Reengineering Between the World Wars
Brett Steele. RAND, 2005.

Military Reengineering Between the World Wars
Brett Steele. RAND, 2005 (.pdf file).

Making Sense of Transnational Threats
Gregory F. Treverton. RAND, 2005 (.pdf file).

Where - Not When - Preemption Makes Sense
Tom Barnett. Transformation Trends, 18 November 2003. Posted on the Thomas P.M. Barnett website (.pdf file).

Military Transformation as a Competitive Systemic Process:  The Case of Japan and the United States Between the World Wars
William D. O'Neil. Center for Naval Analyses, June 2003. Hosted by STINET database (.pdf file).

Transformation and the Defense Industrial Base:  A New Model
Robbin F. Laird. Defense Horizons. Institute for National Security Studies, NDU, May 2003 (.pdf file).

Global Transaction Strategy
Thomas P.M. Barnett and Henry H. Gaffney Jr. Military Officer, 30 April 2003. Posted on the Thomas P.M. Barnett website.

The Pentagon's New Map
Thomas P.M. Barnett. Esquire, March 2003. Posted on the Thomas P.M. Barnett website.

A Future Worth Creating:  Defense Transformation and the New Security Environment
Thomas Barnett. U.S. Naval War College. Washington, DC, 11 February 2003. Posted on the Council on Foreign Relations website.

Oil, Security, and The Post-9/11 World
Gregory A. Hermsmeyer. Naval War College, February 2003 (.pdf file).

The Top 100 Rules of the New American Way of War
Thomas P.M. Barnett and Henry H. Gaffney Jr. Naval War College, 13 January 2003 (.pdf file).

The Economics of the RMA
Paul Dunne, et. al. Prepared for ASSA Meetings, Washington DC, January 2003. Posted on the University of London - Birbeck website (.pdf file).

An Agent of Change or A Colonel Who Just Complained:  A Case Study of Colonel Douglas A. Macgregor and His Book, Breaking the Phalanx, A New Design for Landpower in the 21st Century
Daniel S. Stempniak. School of Advanced Military Studies, 2003. Hosted by STINET database (.pdf file).

The Last Empire: Security and Globalization in Historical Perspective
Emma Rothschild. Naval War College, 2003 (.pdf file).

Security After 9/11:  Strategy Choices and Budget Tradeoffs
A Briefing Book, January 2003. Posted on the Center for Defense Information website (.pdf file).

The 'Core' And The 'Gap'
Thomas P. M. Barnett. Providence Journal-Bulletin, 07 November 2003. Posted on the Thomas P.M. Barnett website.

Science Technology Community in Crisis
J.M. Bachkosky, et. al. Naval Research Advisory Commitee Report, May 2002 (.pdf file).

On War and Peace-Building: Unfinished Legacy of the 1990s
Susan Woodward. Social Science Research Council, 19 Feb 2002.

The Science of Surprise
Dana Mackenzie. Discover, February 2002.

The Reach of Transnationalism
Riva Kastoryano. Social Science Research Council, 18 January 2002.

Governance Hotspots
Saskia Sassen. Social Science Research Council, 18 January 2002.

The Global Technology Revolution
Philip S. Anton, et al. RAND, 2001.

Globalization, Technology, and the Transformation of the Security Environment: The Real Revolution in Military Affairs
Grant Hammond. Paper presented to American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 2001. Posted on PROceedings Political Research Online website.

Transformations in Global Defense Markets and Industries
John A. Battilega, David R. Beachley, Daniel C. Beck, Robert L. Driver, Bruce Jackson. Washington DC: National Intelligence Council, 16 July 2001.

NewRuleSets Project
U.S. Naval War College. July 2001

Challenges of the Global Century
Report of the Project on Globalization and National Security. Stephen Flanagan, Ellen Frost, and Richard Kugler. Washington DC: NDU Press, June 2001.

A Note on Interests, Values, and the Use of Force
Jeffrey Record. Parameters (Spring 2001)

The Global Century: Globalization and National Security (large document)
Richard L. Kugler and Ellen L. Frost, eds. Washington DC: NDU Press, March 2001.

The Secret Empire: The US Military in the 21st Century
MSNBC, March 2001.

Growing Global Migration and Its Implications for the United States
Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, March 2001. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website (.pdf file).

Through a Glass Darkly: Some Reflections on the Future of War
Martin van Creveld. NWC Review(Autumn 2000. Posted on the Find Articles website.

Military Innovation in Peacetime
Williamson Murray and Barry Watts. Northrop Grumman Analysis Center. Arlington, VA: Northrop Grumman Corp, February 2000.

The Global Course of the Information Revolution: Political, Economic, and Social Consequences
Richard O. Hundley, et. al. Proceedings of an International Conference. RAND, 2000.

New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century
The United States Commission on National Security/21st Century, Washington, DC, September 15, 1999. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.

False-Failed Innovation
Gregory C. Wilmoth. Joint Force Quarterly (Autumn/Winter 1999-2000)

Skill and Technology in Modern Warfare
Stephen Biddle, et al. Joint Force Quarterly (Summer 1999).

Precision Weapons, Power Projection, and the Revolution in Military Affairs
Richard P. Hallion. Presentation at USAF Air Armament Summit, Eglin AFB, Florida, 26 May 1999.

Proliferating Decision Makers: Root Cause of the Next RMA
Lt. Col. Arthur Corbet, USMC. Carlisle PA: Strategy Research Project, US Army War College, 1999.

Characteristics of Revolutions in Military Affairs
Richard O. Hundley. From Past Revolutions, Future Transformations. Santa Monica: Rand, 1999.

Campaigning for Change Organizational Processes, Governmental Politics, and the Revolution in Military Affairs.
Lt. Col. Kathleen M. Conley, USAF. Aerospace Power Journal (Fall 1998)

The Technology Trap: Science and the Military
Tim Garden. Draft Update of 1989 Brassey's publication. Posted on author's website, July 1998.

The Cultural Challenge of Information Technology
Captain James R. FitzSimonds. NWC Review(Summer 1998)

Thinking About Revolutions in Military Affairs
Williamson Murray. Joint Force Quarterly (Summer 1998).

Innovation: Element of Power
L. Murawiec. Translated by Elizabeth Heeter. Geopol, C.A.S.E., 1998. Posted on Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Web site.

Myth of the Silver Bullet: Contrasting Air Force-Army Perspectives on "Smart Weapons" after the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the 1991 Gulf War
James Jay Carafono. National Security Studies Quarterly (Winter 1998)

Alex Roland. Technology and War, American Diplomacy, June 1997.
War and Technology: Introduction
The Transformation of Conventional War
The Nuclear Revolution
Technological Determinism

The Utility of Force in a World of Scarcity
John Orme. International Security, Winter 1997. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

The Utility of Force in World of Scarcity
John Orme. International Security (Winter 1997) Posted on Mt. Holyoke College Web site.

Victory Misunderstood: What the Gulf War Tells Us About the Future of Conflict
Stephen Biddle. International Security (Fall 1996).

Technology And Warfare
Martin C. Libicki. From 2015: Power and Progress. Edited by Patrick M. Cronin. Institute of National Strategic Studies, July 1996.

America's Information Edge
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. and William A. Owens. Foreign Affairs (March/ April 1996). Posted on the Naval Postgraduate School Web site.

Information Technologies And Defense: A Demand-Pull Assessment
S.E. Goodman. Center for International Security and Arms Control, Stanford University, February 1996.

The Technological Fix: Weapons and the Cost of War
Alex Roland. Army Strategic Studies Institute. 6 June 1995.

The Coming Anarchy
Robert D. Kaplan. The Atlantic Monthly, February 1994.

Globalization is Tested
Arthur K. Cebrowski & Thomas P.M. Barnett. Naval War College.

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