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December 2010
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Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center
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Frontline: The Future of War - Analyses 2MTW.
Available online:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/future/experts/2mtw.html
Gives excerpts of interviews (and links to the full interview) with
those who argue that the 2MTW (two major theaters of war) strategy is a relic of the Cold War and those who
maintain that eliminating this strategy would compromise America's military
pre-eminence.
Nukewatch: Rumsfield Questions U.S. Two-War Strategy.
Available online:
http://www.nukewatch.org/media/more_media/07-00-01/rumsfeldquestions.html
Clark, Wesley K. Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Future
of Combat. New York, Public Affairs, 2002. 479 p.
See pp 36 where the author argues that the 2MRC strategy "wasn't intended to be
a strategy for employing the forces - it was meant to defend the size of the
military."
Book call no.: 949.703 C596w 2002
Davis, Paul K. Analytic Architecture for
Capabilities-Based Planning, Mission-System Analysis, and Transformation.
Santa Monica, CA, RAND, 2002. 74 p.
Also available online:
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/2005/MR1513.pdf
Book call no.: 355.033573 D263a
National Military Strategy of the United States. Washington,
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2004.
Also available online:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA431216
Chapter IV: Force Design and Size.
Book call no.:
355.033573 N2775
Quadrennial Defense Review Report. Washington, U.S. Dept. of Defense,
February 2010.
105 p.
Also available online:
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/dod/qdr2010feb01.pdf
Sizing and Shaping the Force, pp 41-45.
Book call no.:
355.033573 Q1 2010
Revising the Two MTW (Major Theaters of War) Force Shaping Paradigm:
A "Strategic Alternatives Report" from the Strategic Studies Institute,
edited by Stephen Metz and others. Carlisle Barracks, PA, 2001. 190
p.
Also available online:
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/00286.pdf
Book call no.: 355.033573 R454
Snyder, Don and Mills, Patrick. A Methodology for Determining Air Force
Deployment Requirements. Santa Monica, CA, RAND, 2004. 71 p.
Also available online:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG176.pdf
Book call no.: 358.4140973 S675s
Documents (Student Research)
Geiger, Keith G. Smaller-Scale Contingencies and
Army Force Structure: Are We Set up for Long-Term Success?
Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, April 2002. 27 p.
Also available online:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA400793
Doc call no.: M-U 39080-537 G312s
Kelliher, Michael P. Capabilities-Based Force and Army Force Structure: Can
We Support the Objectives Outlined in the QDR? Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, 2003. 26 p.
Also available online:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA414082
Document call no.: M-U 39080-537 K295c
Planeaux, James B. Beyond the Task Force Conops: The
Path to a Capabilities-Based Modernization Framework for the Air Force.
Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, 2003. 149 p.
Also available online:
https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay2003/awc/Planeaux.pdf
Document call no.: M-U 43117 P712b
Rozell, David A. Warfighting Center: Necessary to Meet Our National
Military Strategy. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, 2002. 31
p.
Argues that the plan to mobilize eight National Guard Enhanced Separate Brigades
which are deployed into a theater of operations within 140 days does not support
the 2MRC scenario.
Also available online:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA401678
Doc call no.: M-U 39080-537 R893w
Ryan, Michael A. Exploiting Peace Operations to Reduce Risk in the Second
Major Theater War. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2001. 19 p.
Proposes that the 2MTW strategy causes one of the MTW to be high risk and
suggests that steps should be taken to mitigate that risk by engaging in peace
operations to diffuse the situation.
Burke, William R. Not Business As Usual. U.S. Naval
Institute Proceedings 136:27-29 May 2010.
Also available online:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2037003611&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Cordesman, Anthony H. Four Wars and Counting...Enduring Conflict and the
Need for a New Approach to US Strategy and Force Planning. RUSI Journal
149:24-30 February 2004.
Also available online:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=582309071&sid=1&Fmt=4&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Eaglen, MacKenzie. A Clear and Present
Danger: QDR Must Recognize the Need for Two War Construct.
Armed Forces Journal 147:32-36 October 2009.
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