Political Science 378

The Politics of American National Security Policy

Fall 2013

Reading Assignments

Tentative reading assignments for Poli 378 are listed here. Any changes will be announced in lecture.

Due Thursday, Aug. 29

• Donnelly, ch. 1,2.
• O'Hanlon, ch. 1.
• Sapolsky, ch. 1-4.

• Donnelly, ch. 4.
• Sapolsky, ch. 5-8.

• O'Hanlon, ch. 6.
• Sapolsky, ch. 9-11.

• O'Hanlon, ch. 5.
• Mathematics of Counterforce Targeting

• "A Layman's Guide to Obama's New Nuclear Policy." 2013. CBS News.
• Creedon, Madelyn R. 2013. Statement of Ms. Madelyn R. Creedon Assistant Secretary of Defense Global Strategic Affairs Before the Senate Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. Washington, DC.
• "Disarm Now, Ask Questions Later: Obama's Nuclear Weapons Policy." 2013. The Heritage Foundation.

• Elleman, Michael. 2012. "Containing Iran's Missile Threat." Survival 54 (1): 119-126. doi:10.1080/00396338.2012.657541.
• Masters, Jonathan, and Greg Bruno. 2013. "U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense." Council on Foreign Relations. May 1.
• Wilkening, Dean A. 2012. "Does Missile Defence in Europe Threaten Russia?" Survival 54 (1): 31-52. doi:10.1080/00396338.2012.657531.

• Donnelly, ch. 3,5.

• Fontenot, Gregory, E.J. Degen, and David Tohn. 2004. On Point - The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office.
• McMaster, H.R. nd. "Battle of 73 Easting." Donovan Research Library, Fort Benning. GA.

• Allen, Susan Hannah, and Tiffiny Vincent. 2011. "Bombing to Bargain? The Air War for Kosovo." Foreign Policy Analysis 7 (1): 1-26. doi:10.1111/j.1743-8594.2010.00120.x.

• Halloran, Richard. 2010. "AirSea Battle." Airforce-magazine.com 93 (8) (August).
• Lacey, James. 2011. "Air-Sea Battle." December 14, 2011. National Review Online.

• *** Thanksgiving Recess (Thursday & Friday) ***

• O'Hanlon, ch. 2,3,6.