Reading List

Required Readings (read before the first day of class):

• A National Security Strategy Primer
• National Security Strategy, October 2022
• National Security Council (NSC) and Interagency System
• NSM-2 describing the NSC and Interagency System
• 2022 National Defense Strategy Fact Sheet
• "Comprehensive National Security" unleashed: How Xi's approach shapes China's policies at home and abroad.
• PODCAST: A Closer Look at Russia's National Security Strategy

Additional Resources on Presidential Policy Directives and Executive Orders (not required).

• Directives specific to Homeland Defense
• Federation of American Scientists, Presidential Directives and Executive Orders

Recommended Books/Articles (not required/purchase is not required).

• “The New Rules of War” by Sean McFate (book)
• "All Measures Short of War" by Thomas Wright (book)
• "Mars Adapting: Military Change During War" by Frank Hoffman (book)
• "Hybrid Warfare and Challenges" by Frank Hoffman (article)
• "Rethinking National Security Strategies in Africa" by Joel Amegboh (article)
• "Democracy and National Security in Latin America: State Capacity and Governance Under Stress" by Gabriel Marcella
• "Gettysburg" by Steven Sears (book)
• "Battlefield Cyber: How China and Russia are Undermining Our Democracy and National Security" by William Holstein (book)
• "Deglobalization and International Security" by T.X. Hammes (book)
• “America’s Addiction to Mercenaries” by Sean McFate (book)
• "Like War: The Weaponization of Social Media" by P.W. Singer (book)
• "Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About it" by Richard Clark (book)                               
• "War in 140 Characters: How Social Media is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty First Century" by David Patrikarakos (book)
• "2024: A Novel of the Next World War" by Elliot Ackerman (book)
•  “Cyberterrorism and Biotechnology: When ISIS meets CRISPR” Dr. Arabinda Acharya (article)
• "The Insurgent's Dilemma" by David Ucko (book)
• “The North Caucasus: From Mass Mobilization to International Terrorism” Dr. Elena Pokalova (article)
• “The Gulf Looks East: Sino-Arab Relations in an Age of Instability” Dr. Geoffrey Gresh (article)
• “The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Negotiations: A Case Study” Monte Mallin (article)
• “Foreign Military Education as PLA Soft Power” John Van Oudenaren and   Benjamin Fisher (article)
• "Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq" by Michael Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor (book)
• "The National Security Enterprise: Navigating the Labyrinth" by Roger Z. George, Harvey Rishikof (book)