MILITARY ROLE IN TERRORIST REPRISALS

OTS Topic

The military is the appropriate tool to use for all terrorist attacks.

February 2011

Compiled by Bibliography Branch
Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center
Maxwell AFB, AL

Contents

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Internet Resources

Afghanistan 2007.   Maxwell AFB, AL, Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center, May 2007.  71 p.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/afghan.htm
MSFRIC bibliography on Afghanistan including information about U.S. operations in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Current Issues.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center, July 2010.  46 p.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/afghan2010.htm
MSFRIC bibliography on current issues in Afghanistan including information about U.S. operations in Afghanistan.

Bolkcom, Christopher and Katzman, Kenneth.  Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency.  Washington, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, January 27, 2006.  42 p.
Available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA454391
January 24, 2005 edition available under Documents section.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no.05-RL32737

Combating Terrorism Center.  CTC Sentinel.  December 2007 - January 2011.
Available online at: http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/
The CTC "contributes relevant scholarly perspectives through education, research, and policy analysis to combat terrorist threats to the U.S.  It maintains expertise in four primary areas: terrorism, counterterrorism, homeland security, and weapons of mass destruction." - CTC Vision.

Irregular Warfare: Air Force Doctrine Document 2-3.  Washington, Dept. of the Air Force, August 2007.  104 p.
Available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA471742
"Establishes operational-level doctrinal guidance for irregular warfare." - Introduction.

Irregular Warfare.  Directive 3000.07.  Washington, United States Dept. of Defense, December 1, 2008.  12 p.
Available online at: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/300007p.pdf
"Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for DoD conduct of IW and development of capabilities to address irregular challenges to national security." - Purpose.

Libya Raid, April 1986 (Operation El Dorado Canyon).  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air University Library, February 2000.  12 p.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/libya/libyrd99.htm
Bibliography offers a listing of internet resources and links to books, military documents, and articles on the topic available at Fairchild Center. 

Perspectives on Terrorism: A Journal of the Terrorism Research Institute.
Available online at: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/
Full text starting with v. 1, 2007.

Terrorism and the United States.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center, March 2010.  56 p.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/terrorism-US2010.htm
MSFRIC bibliography covering U.S. issues concerning terrorism.


Books

Alexander, John B.  Winning the War: Advanced Weapons, Strategies, and Concepts for the Post-9/11 World.  New York, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2003.  304 p.
Book call no.: 355.020973 A376w

Anderson, James Herbert.  National Decisionmaking and Quick-Strike Intervention During the 1980's: A Comparative Analysis of Operations Urgent Fury, El Dorado Canyon, and Just Cause.  Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms International and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1998.  241 p.
Book call no.: 355.422 A547

Cooley, John K.  Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism.  Sterling, VA, Pluto Press, 1999.  276 p.
The Contagion Spreads: The Assault on America (includes discussion of the Afghan and Sudan air strikes), pp 215-241.
Available full-text through NetLibrary.  Subscription database restricted to AU students and requires an individual account setup.
Book call no.: 958.1045 C774u

Corum, James S. and Johnson, Wray R.  Airpower in Small Wars: Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists.  Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas, 2003.  507 p.
Book call no.: 358.4 C831a

Countering the New Terrorism, by Ian O. Lesser and others.  Santa Monica, CA, RAND Corporation, 1999.  153 p.
Proactive Counterterrorism and the USAF, pp 77-80.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA363163 
Book call no.: 303.625 C855

Davis, Arthur D.  Back to the Basics: An Aviation Solution to Counterinsurgent Warfare.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air University Press, December 2005.  28 p. (Air Command and Staff College Wright Flyer Paper No. 23)
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA444383
Book call no.: 355.0218 D261b

Elshtain, Jean Bethke.  Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World.  New York, Basic Books, 2003.  240 p.
Book call no.: 363.32516 E49j

Grant, Rebecca.  The Afghan Air War.  Arlington, VA, Air Force Association, September 2002.  28 p. (An Air Force Association Special Report)
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA466792
Book call no.: 958.1047 G762a

Grant, Rebecca.  Gulf War II: Air and Space Power Led the Way.  Arlington, VA, Air Force Association, September, 2003.  37 p. (An Air Force Association Special Report)
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA466395
Book call no.: 956.7044348 G762a

Heymann, Philip B.  Terrorism and America: A Commonsense Strategy.  Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1998.  179 p.
State-Sponsored Terrorism and Retaliation, pp 65-78.
Available full-text through NetLibrary.  Subscription database restricted to AU students and requires an individual account setup.
Book call no.: 363.32516 H618t

Immaculate Warfare: Participants Reflect on the Air Campaigns over Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, edited by Stephen D. Wrage.  Westport, CT, Praeger, 2003.  120 p.
Book call no.: 358.420973 I33

International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan).  Commander's Initial Assessment.  Kabul, Afghanistan, Headquarters, International Security Assistance Force, 2009.  1 v.
Also available online at: http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/Assessment_Redacted_092109.pdf?sid=ST2009092003140
Book call no: 958.1047 I61c

Joint Special Operations University.  Special Operations Forces: Interagency Counterterrorism Reference Manual.  Joint Special Operations University.  Hurlbert Field, FL, JSOU Press, March 2009.  102 p.
"The volume was compiled to provide a valuable reference work for JSOU students, SOF staff officers, and partners in the interagency process.  The manual provides insight and information regarding various counterterrorism players in the U.S. Government national security apparatus.  While not all inclusive, this manual provides an outline of organizations, missions, and relationships that comprise the interagency process." - Publisher web site.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA514574
Book call no.: 363.32517 S741

Jones, Seth G.  Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan.  Santa Monica, CA, RAND, 2008.  157 p.
Focus of this research is on the U.S. military strategy and action including air strikes and air mobility issues.  Analyzes the early stages of insurgency from 2002 until 2008, examines how the insurgency began, lessons learned, and recommendations for future U.S. counterinsurgency operations.
Also available online at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG595.html
Book call no.: 958.1047 J79c

Ochmanek, David.  Military Operations Against Terrorist Groups Abroad: Implications for the United States Air Force.  Santa Monica, CA, RAND, 2003.  37 p.
Also available online at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1738.html
Identifies promising applications of air and space power in terrorist reprisals.
Book call no.: 358.400973 O16m

Sloan, Stephen.  Beating International Terrorism: An Action Strategy for Preemption and Punishment.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air University Press, 2000.  87 p.
Also available online at: http://aupress.maxwell.af.mil/digital/pdf/Book/Sloan_Beating_Terrorism.pdf
Book call no.: 363.32516 S634b 2000

Stanik, Joseph T.  El Dorado Canyon: Reagan's Undeclared War with Qaddafi.  Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2003.  319 p.
Book call no.: 327.730612 S786e

Theisen, Eric E.  Ground-Aided Precision Strike: Heavy Bomber Activity in Operation Enduring Freedom.  Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, Air University Press, 2003.  28 p.
Book call no.: 358.4142 T377g

Documents

Bolkcom, Christopher and Katzman, Kenneth.  Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency.  Washington, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, January 24, 2005.  41 p.
January 27, 2006 edition available under Internet Resources.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no.05-RL32737

United States.  Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Joint Publication 3-26: Counterterrorism.  Washington, DC, November 13, 2009.  1 vol.
This publication provides joint doctrine for the planning and execution of counterterrorism across the range of military operations.
Also available online at: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_26.pdf
Doc. call no.: M-U 40592 no.3-26

Documents - Student Research

Barr, Robert S.  Can "Airpower" Counter the Asymmetric Threat: Factors Influencing the Employment of Airpower Against International Terrorist Threats.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 2001.  31 p.
Also available online at: https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay2001/acsc/01-021.pdf
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 B2683c

Byrge, Thomas A., Jr.  The Air Force and the War on Terror.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, March 15, 2006.  15 p.
Airpower capabilities and goals are mentioned throughout the paper.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA449641
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 B995a

Cody, James R.  Coercive Airpower in the Global War on Terror: Testing Validity of Courses of Action, a Monograph.  Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army Command and General Staff College, 2003.  58 p.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA415698
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 C671c

Damiano, Mark T.  Employing Aerial Coercion to Combat Terrorism: Recommendations for the Theater CINC.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 2002.  28 p.
Argues that the selective application of air power, specifically the employment of high technology weapons against select targets that directly affect a terrorist's will, can overcome both self-imposed operational constraints and enemy strategies to defeat coercion.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA400937
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 D1581e

Elder, R. Wyn.  The Role of Non-Lethal Airpower in Future Peace Operations: Beyond Bombs on Target.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 2003.  32 p.
Also available online at: https://research.au.af.mil/papers/ay2003/acsc/03-1413.pdf
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 E373r

Fuller, Kurt.  Strategic Targeting and the War on Terrorism.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, United States Army War College, 2003.  22 p.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA414935
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 F9661s

Glenn, Kevin B.  "Complex" Targeting: A Complexity-Based Theory of Targeting and Its Application to Radical Islamic Terrorism.  Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 2002.  103 p. (Thesis)
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA420704
Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1 G558c

Hollis, Craig M.  Coercive Airpower: Qaddafi and Chavez.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 2007.  35 leaves.
Also available online at: https://research.au.af.mil/papers/ay2003/acsc/03-1413.pdf
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 H742c

Insurgency/Counterinsurgency: A Selected Bibliography, compiled by Mark R. Costa.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College Library, June 2007.  39 p.
"This selected bibliography focuses on major works relating to Insurgency and Counterinsurgency with emphasis on books and documents in the U.S. Army War College Library’s collection." - Preface.
Also available online at: http://www.carlisle.army.mil/library/bibs/insurgency2007.pdf
 Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-651

Phinney, Todd R.  Airpower Versus Terrorism: Three Case Studies.  Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 2003.  93 p. (Thesis)
Also available online at: https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay2003/saas/phinney.pdf
Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1 P572a

Pratzner, Phillip R.  Strategic Air Attack in Military Operations Other than War Strikes and Raids.  Quantico, VA, U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2001.  1 vol.  
Argues that strategic air attack can be one of the instruments of choice in responsive and preemptive actions against terrorists.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA401111
Doc. call no.: M-U 41886-71 P917s

Straw, Wayne W.  The Shadow of the Future: Infidel and Apostate-Government Cooperation in the War on Terror.  Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 2006.  76 p. (Thesis)
"Analyzes two case studies from Operation Enduring Freedom that demonstrate the real and potential benefits derived from covert air strikes as well as the adverse consequences." - Article.
Also available online at: https://www.afresearch.org/skins/RIMS/home.aspx
Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1 S913s

Thompson, Steve.  Joint Air Doctrine in the Global War on Terror.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, May 2004.  18 p.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA425938
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 T476j

Wallace, Charles J.  Airpower Against "Irregular" Adversaries: How Terrorist, Insurgent, and Guerrilla Forces Have Attempted to Negate Airstrikes.  Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 2006.  115 p. (Thesis)
Also available online at: https://www.afresearch.org/skins/RIMS/home.aspx
Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1 S913s

Periodicals

Alder, Konrad.  An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth...the U.S. Airborne Strike Against Libya.  Armada International 11:35-41 January-February 1987.

Altieri, Jayson A.  Sky Cops.  Armed Forces Journal International 141:50-52 January 2004.
Reports that airpower can be used to greatest advantage in the war against terrorism in an air-policing role.  Covers options available to air planners; humanitarian airlift operations; and conventional bombing operations.

Boyne, Walter J.  El Dorado Canyon.  Air Force Magazine 82:56-62 March 1999.
Also available online at: http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Documents/1999/March 1999/0399canyon.pdf

Brookes, Andrew.  Air Power Against Terrorism.  Air Forces Monthly November 28, 2001.
Applying air power effectively to the new international terrorist threat will require imaginative approaches often differing from Cold War thinking.

Burgess, Mark.  The Afghan Campaign One Year On.  Defense Monitor 31:1-3 September 2002.
Discusses the combination of airpower and special operations forces in the effectiveness of the Afghan campaign.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7657327&db=f5h

Church, George J.  Hitting the Source.  Time 127:16-20+ April 28, 1986.
Information and maps of the Libya raid.

Clinton's First Strike.  Economist 328:16-17 July 3, 1993.
Discusses the U.S. bombing raid on Baghdad.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9307070237&site=ehost-live

Collins, James and Duffy, Michael.  Striking Back.  Time 142:20-21 July 5, 1993.
Discusses the U.S. missile strike against Iraq.

Corera, Gordon.  Special Operations Forces Take Care of War on Terror.  Jane's Intelligence Review 15:42-47 January 2003.

Correll, John T.  Blood and Thunder.  Air Force Magazine 85:2 January 2002.
An editorial that comments on the contribution of airpower in the war on terrorism.
Also available online at: http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Documents/2002/January%202002/0102edit.pdf

Danskine, William B.  Aggressive ISR in the War on Terrorism.  Air & Space Power Journal 19:73-83 Summer 2005.
Proposes a strategy to disrupt global terrorist groups by employing airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions to deny them sanctuary in weak states.  Contains observations of the co-ordination of U.S. bombing with united front assaults on the ground.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=17204382 

Downs, William Brian.  Unconventional Airpower.  Air & Space Power Journal 19:20-25 Spring 2005.
Focuses on how despite almost a century of air combat experience, the Air Force today confronts a form of warfare it is ill prepared to wage.  Article broadly outlines a doctrine of unconventional airpower for missions of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency.  Recommends modifications in force structure and tactics that will help execute that doctrine successfully on the battlefield.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=17138116

Fontenot, Gregory and Benson, Kevin.  Persistent Conflict or Containment: Alternate Visions of Contemporary Conflict.  Army 59:74+ September 2009.
Also available online at:

http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1860429361&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Griffin, Sean D.  A Long View of the Long War.  Marine Corps Gazette 92:33-35+ August 2008.
Also available online at: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1525806271&sid=8&Fmt=4&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Kan, Paul Rexton.  What Should We Bomb?  Air & Space Power Journal 18:25-32 Spring 2004.
Discusses the 100 years since the advent of airpower and its subsequent use in warfare; airmen and strategists continue to debate the appropriate targets for aerial bombing that will ensure victory.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=12933964

Murray, Iain.  Battle in the Skies.  American Enterprise 16:58-59 June 2005.
Discusses air power of the U.S. during the war on terrorism.  Reference to a study by Thomas Donnelly, published in the March 2005 issue of "AEI National Security Outlook."
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&an=17046067

Peck, Allen G.  Airpower's Crucial Role in Irregular Warfare.  Military Technology 32:16-23 March 2008.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=31732751&site=ehost-live

Politics of Air Power.  NATO's Nations & Partners for Peace 48:191-195 2003.
Discusses issues related to airpower and politics in the U.S, the role of airpower in the modern world and threats from international terrorism.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9808040&db=mth

Prunckun, Henry W, Jr. and Mohr, Philip B.  Military Deterrence of International Terrorism: An Evaluation of Operation El Dorado Canyon.  Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 20:267-280 July-September 1997.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mth&AN=9710053016&site=ehost-live

Rubin, Barnett R.  The Way Forward in Afghanistan: Three Views.  Survival 51:83-95 February-March 2009.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mth&AN=36449360&site=ehost-live

Searle, Thomas R.  Making Airpower Effective Against Guerrillas.  Air & Space Power Journal 18:13-23 Fall 2004.
The article presents a report on American security using airpower alone; in Iraq and Afghanistan the US military quickly defeated enemy conventional military forces and brought down hostile regimes.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=14886720

Smith, Daniel M.  The World at War.  Defense Monitor 39:1-5 January-March 2010.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mth&AN=49115757&site=ehost-live

Stroud, William P, III.  Use and Misuse of Conventional Tactical Air Power.  Airpower Journal 1:16-20 Summer 1987.
Uses the Libya raid as an example.
Also available online at: http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj87/sum87/stroud.html

Tirpak, John A.  Airpower and "the Long War": The Battle Against Terror Is Reshaping Air Force Priorities.  Air Force Magazine 87:70-79 November 2004.
Looks into the topics discussed at the Air & Space Conference of the Air Force Association held in Washington, D.C.  Examination of lift requirements in light of the emerging new doctrines of the Army and Marine Corps; terms used to describe the war on terror; and factors to consider in using new technology for military operations.
Also available online at: http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Magazine Documents/2004/November 2004/1104airpower.pdf

Willingham, Stephen.  Military Role in U.S. Response to Terrorism Remains Unclear.  National Defense 84:28-29 June 2000.
Also available online at: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=55064917&sid=1&Fmt=4&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Winkler, David F.  Swift and Effective Retribution: El Dorado Canyon Sent "A Powerful Message".  Sea Power 46:28 March 2003.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mth&AN=9418025&site=ehost-live

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