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Amazon logo Wilson, James Q. Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1991. ISBN: 9780465007851.

Amazon logo Christensen, Clayton M. The Innovator's Dilemma. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780875845852.

Amazon logo Utterback, James M. Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780875847405.

Amazon logo Owens, Bill. Lifting the Fog of War. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2001. ISBN: 9780801868412.



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1IntroductionAmazon logo Wilson, James Q. Chapters 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, and 12 in Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1991. ISBN: 9780465007851.

Wilson, James Q., and Peter Clark. "Incentive Systems: A Theory of Organization." Administrative Science Quarterly 6 (1961): 129-166.

Guillen, Mauro F. "The Age of Eclecticism: Current Organizational Trends and the Evolution of Managerial Models." Sloan Management Review (Fall 1994): 75-86.
2Military OrganizationsHuntington, Samuel P. "Officership as a Profession," and "The Military Mind: Conservative Realism of the Professional Military Ethic." Chapter 1, and 3 in The Soldier and the State. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1967. pp. 7-18, and 59-79.

Janowitz, Morris. "Technology and Decision-Making," "Discipline and Combat Goals," and "The Military Hierarchy." Chapters 2, 3, and 4 in The Professional Soldier Part II. New York, NY: Free Press, 1964. pp. 21-37, 38-53, and 54-75.

Amazon logo Hastings, Max, and Simon Jenkins. "A War At Sea." Chapter 9 in The Battle for the Falklands. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984. pp. 143-163. ISBN: 9780393301984.

Amazon logo Moore, Lt. Gen. Harold, and Joseph L. Galloway. "Into the Valley," and "The Storm of Battle." Chapters 5, and 8 in We Were Soldiers Once...and Young. New York, NY: Harper Perennial, 1993. pp. 55-64, and 92-105. ISBN: 9780060975760.

Amazon logo Orange, Vincent. "A 'Possible but Unlikely Evacuation': Dunkirk," and "The Battle of Britain: Meeting Them." Chapters 8, and 9 in A Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park. London, UK: Methuen, 1984. pp. 84-90, and 91-119. ISBN: 9780413497703.

Amazon logo Brodie, Bernard. "Technological Change, Strategic Doctrine, and Political Outcomes." In Historical Dimensions of National Security Problems. Lawrence, KA: University Press of Kansas, 1976. pp. 263-306. ISBN: 9780700601431.
3Militaries and InnovationAmazon logo Wilson, James Q. "Innovation in Organization: Notes towards a Theory." In Approaches to Organizational Design. Edited by J. O. Thompson. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971. pp. 195-218. ISBN: 9780822952220.

Amazon logo Posen, Barry R. "The Importance of Military Doctrine," and "Explaining Military Doctrine." Chapters 1, and 2 in The Sources of Military Doctrine: France, Britain, and Germany Between the World Wars. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1984. pp. 13-33, and 34-80. ISBN: 9780801416330.

Amazon logo Rosen, Stephen P. Chapters 1, and 9 in Winning the Next War. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994. pp. 1-55, and 251-262. ISBN: 9780801481963.

Amazon logo Christensen, Clayton M. The Innovator's Dilemma. Boston, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997. pp. 1-96, and 187-212. ISBN: 9780875845852.

Sapolsky, Harvey M. "On the Theory of Military Innovation." Breakthroughs IX, 1 (Spring 2000): 35-39.
4Evolution of Land WarfareAmazon logo Delbruck, Hans. "Maurice of Orange." Chapter III in The Dawn of Modern Warfare: History of the Art of War. Vol IV. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1990. pp. 155-163, and 168-171. ISBN: 9780803265868.

Amazon logo Lynn, John A. "The Ordinaire and Motivation." Chapter 7 in The Bayonets of the Republic. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1984. pp. 163-182. ISBN: 9780252010910.

Irvine, Dallas. "The Origins of Capital Staffs." The Journal of Modern History X, no. 2 (June 1938): 161-179.

Amazon logo Showalter, Dennis E. Railroads And Rifles. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1975. Part I, pp. 7-75. ISBN: 9780208015051.

Posen, Barry R. "Nationalism, the Mass Army, and Military Power." International Security 18, no. 2: 80-124.

Amazon logo Griffith, Paddy. "Artillery." Chapter 8 in Battle Tactics of the Western Front. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996. pp. 135-157. ISBN: 9780300066630.

Roland, Alex. "Technology, Ground Warfare, and Strategy: The Paradox of American Experience." Journal of Military History 55 (October 1991): 447-467.

Jablonsky, David. "US Military Doctrine and the Revolution in Military Affairs." Parameters (Autumn 1994): 18-36.

Echevarria, Antulio J., and John M. Shaw. "The New Military Revolution: Post-Industrial Change." Parameters (Winter 1992-93): 70-79.

Institute for National Strategic Studies. "Discussion II: Operational Challenges." Strategic Forum (November 1994): 3.

Amazon logo Koli, Markku. Development of Military Technology and its Impact on the Finnish Land War Doctrine. (Finnish Defence Studies 4). Helsinki: War College, 1992. pp. 45-73. ISBN: 9789512506040.

Amazon logo Lambeth, Benjamin. Desert Storm and its Meaning: The View from Moscow. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1992. pp. 63-93. ISBN: 9780833012586.

Collins, James C., and Jerry I. Porras. "The Ultimate Vision." Across the Board (January 1995): 4-8.

Mazarr, Michael. The Revolution in Military Affairs: A Framework for Defense Planning. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, 1994.
5Battleships and Massed FleetsAmazon logo Kennedy, Paul M. "Mahan versus Mackinder," and "The End of Pax Britannica." Chapter 7, and 8 in The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery. London, UK: A. Lane, 1976. pp. 177-202, and 203-237. ISBN: 9780713905939.

Amazon logo Morison, Elting E. "Gunfire at Sea: A Case Study of Innovation." Chapter 2 in Men Machines, and Modern Times. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1968. pp. 17-44. ISBN: 9780262630184.

Sumida, Jon Tetsuro. "British Capital Ship Design and Fire Control in the Dreadnought Era: Sir John Fisher, Arthur Hungerford Pollen, and the Battle Cruiser." The Journal of Modern History 51, no. 2: 205-230.

Amazon logo ———. "Confusion: Fire Control and Capital Ship Design, 1908-1909." Chapter 5 in Defence of Naval Supremacy: Finance, Technology and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914. London, UK, New York, NY: Routledge, 1993. pp. 146-184. ISBN: 9780415086745.

Amazon logo Fairbanks, Charles H. "Choosing among Technologies in the Anglo-German Naval Arms Competition, 1898-1915." In Naval History: The Seventh Symposium of the U.S. Naval Academy. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1988. pp. 127-142. ISBN: 9780842022996.

Amazon logo Padfield, Peter. "Fire Control and the Dreadnought." Chapter 16 in The Battleship Era. London, UK: Rupert Hart-David, 1972. pp. 183-211. ISBN: 9780246105707.
6Tactical AirpowerBoog, Horst. "Higher Command and Leadership in the German Luftwaffe, 1935-1945." In Air Power and Warfare: Proceedings of the Eighth Military History Symposium USAF Academy 1978. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF: Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979. pp. 128-158.

Amazon logo Hallion, Richard P. "The Genesis of Anglo-American Air Support: The British Experience in the Western Desert," and "The Necessary Interlude: Doctrine and the American Experience in the Pacific, Tunisian, and Italian Campaigns." Chapter 12, and 13 in Strike from the Sky: The History of Battlefield Air Attack, 1911-1945. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. pp. 149-162, and 163-187. ISBN: 9780874744521.

Amazon logo Muller, Richard. "Close Air Support: The German, British, and American Experiences." In Military Innovation in the Interwar Period. Edited by Williamson Murray, et al. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996. pp. 144-190. ISBN: 9780521552417.

U.S. Government. "Smart Bombs." Chapter 8 in Commission on the Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy. Washington, DC: The Commission: Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975. pp. 191-198.

Watts, Barry D. "Unreported History and Unit Effectiveness." The Journal of Strategic Studies 12, no. 1 (1989): 88-98.
7Strategic AirpowerYoung, Robert J. "The Strategic Dream: French Air Doctrine in the Inter-War Period, 1919-39." The Journal of Contemporary History 9, no. 4: 57-76.

Smith, Malcolm. "'A Matter of Faith': British Strategic Air Doctrine before 1939." Journal of Contemporary History 15: 423-442.

Overy, R. J. "From 'Uralbomber' to 'Amerikabomber': The Luftwaffe and Strategic Bombing." The Journal of Strategic Studies 1, no. 2: 154-17.

McFarland, Stephen L. "The Evolution of the American Strategic Fighter in Europe, 1942-44." The Journal of Strategic Studies 10, no. 2: 189-208.

Frankland, Noble. "The Combined Bomber Offensive: Classical and Revolutionary, Combined and Divided, Planned and Fortuitous." In Command and Commanders in Modern Warfare: Proceedings of the Second Military History Symposium U.S. Air Force Academy. Colorado Springs, CO: United States Air Force Academy, 1969. pp. 283-300.

Amazon logo McFarland, Stephen. "Daylight Precision Strategic Bombing against Germany." In America's Pursuit of Precision Bombing, 1910-1945. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. pp. 165-190. ISBN: 9781560984078.

Amazon logo MacIsaac, David. "Voices from the Central Blue: The Air Power Theorists." In Makers of Modern Strategy: From Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986. pp. 624-647. ISBN: 9780691027647.

Werrell, Kenneth P. "The Strategic Bombing of Germany in World War II: Costs and Accomplishments." Journal of American History (December 1986): 702-713.

Quester, George H. "The Impact of Strategic Air Warfare." Armed Forces and Society (February 1978): 179-205.

Thompson, Wayne W. "After Al Furdos." Air Power History (Summer 1996): 48-65.

Cohen, Eliot A. "The Mystique of U.S. Air Power." Foreign Affairs (Jan/Feb 1994): 109-124.

Amazon logo Meilinger, Phillip S. "Air Targeting Strategies: An Overview." In Air Power Confronts an Unstable World. Edited by R. Hallion. London, UK: Brasseys, 1997. pp. 51-80. ISBN: 9781857532388.
8Submarine WarfareCompton-Hall, Richard. "Holland's Hollands: An Irish Tale." Proceedings (February 1991): 59-63.

Burns, Richard D. "Regulating Submarine Warfare, 1921-41: A case Study in Arms Control and Limited War." Military Affairs (April 1971): 56-63.

Amazon logo Cohen, Eliot A., and John Gooch. "Failure to Learn: American Antisubmarine Warfare in 1942." In Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War. New York, NY: Free Press, 1990. pp. 59-94. ISBN: 9780029060605.

Amazon logo Beesly, Patrick. "The First Twelve Months: A Lean Time," "Triton to the Rescue," and "January-May 1942: Climax of the Battle of the Atlantic." Chapters 2, 10, and 11 in Very Special Intelligence: the Story of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre, 1939-1945. London, UK: Greenhill Books; Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2000. pp. ix-xvii, 24-41, 154-171, and 173-185. ISBN: 9781853673986.

Lautenschlager, Karl. "The Submarine in Naval Warfare, 1901-2001." International Security 11, no. 3 (1986): 94-140.

Cote, Owen R., Jr. "The Third Battle: Innovation in the US Navy's Silent Cold War Struggle with Soviet Submarines." MIT Security Studies Program, March 2000.
9MissilesWilliams, George K. "AWACS and JSTARS." In Technology and the Air Force. Edited by J. Neufeld et al. Washington, DC: Air Force, 1997. pp. 267-287.

Amazon logo Sapolsky, Harvey M. Chapters 1, 2, 4, and 8 in The Polaris System Development: Bureaucratic and Programmatic Success in Government. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. ISBN: 9780674682252.

Sapolsky, Harvey M., Eugene Gholz, and Allen Kaufman. "Security Lessons from the Cold War." Foreign Affairs (July/August 1999): 77-89.

Bednarek, Janet R. Daly. "Damned Fool Idea: The American Combat Glider Program, 1941-1947." Air Power History (Winter 1996): 38-49.

Liebowitz, S. J., and Stephen E. Margolis. "The Fable of the Keys." Journal of Law and Economics (April 1990): 1-25.

Amazon logo Hone, Thomas C., Norman Friedman, and Mark D. Mandeles. American & British Aircraft Carrier Development, 1919-1941. Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 1999. pp. 189-199. ISBN: 9781557503824.
10Armored WarfareHouse, Captain Jonathan M. "The Interwar Period." Chapter 3 in Toward Combined Arms Warfare: A Survey of 20th-Century Tactics, Doctrine, and Organization. Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College; Washington, DC: Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1985. Govt. Number: D 110.11:2. pp. 43-78.

Amazon logo Bond, Brian. "Mechanization: the second phase, 1933-39." Chapter 6 in British Military Policy between the Two World Wars. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1980. pp. 161-190. ISBN: 9780198224648.

Amazon logo Larson, Robert H. "The Years of Experiment: 1927-34." Chapter 5 in The British Army and the Theory of Armored Warfare, 1918-1940. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1984. pp. 132-170. ISBN: 9780874132199.

Amazon logo Cooper, Mathew. "The Battle for Ideas." Part II in The German Army: 1933-1945. New York, NY: Stein and Day, 1978. pp. 113-166. ISBN: 9780812824681.

Amazon logo Johnson, David E. "Alternatives for Armor." Chapter 10 in Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army 1917-1945. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. pp. 116-152. ISBN: 9780801434587.

Horowitz, Dan. "Flexible Responsiveness and Military Strategy: The Case of the Israeli Army." Policy Sciences 1 (1970): 191-205.

Amazon logo Griffith, Paddy. "Conclusions." Chapter 11 in Battle Tactics of the Western Front. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996. pp. 192-200. ISBN: 9780300066630.
11Revolution in Military AffairsKrepinevich, Andrew F., Jr. "Competing for the Future: Searching for Major Ellis." Marine Corps Gazette (November 1996): 28-37.

Amazon logo Shapiro, Jeremy. "Information and War: Is it a Revolution?" In The Changing Role of Information in Warfare. Edited by Z. M. Khalizad and J. P. White. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1999. pp. 113-154. ISBN: 9780833026637.

Amazon logo Utterback, James M. Chapters 7, and 10 in Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780875847405.

Amazon logo Owens, Bill, Admiral. Lifting the Fog of War. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780801868412. (Entire book).
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