Since 2000, the U.S. military has been building up forward-deployed forces on the westernmost U.S. territory of Guam to increase U.S. presence, det...

As part of the conflict with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, the United States has captured and detained numerous persons believed to have been part of o...

The foreign policy of the United States is the policy by which the United States interacts with foreign nations and sets standards of interaction f...

American policy on the interrogation of detainees is an exceptionally complex issue, one that cannot be adequately addressed nor satisfactorily res...

This book outlines the strategic framework to guide the activities of participants in homeland security towards a common end. A safe and secure hom...

The U.S. insular areas of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and three Freely Ass...

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001, dramatically demonstrated the intelligence threats facing the Unite...

The United States has long been a leader in maritime security, including in countering the threat of piracy. Since 2009, the United States has orga...

This book is an overview on "crew rotation" which is the practice of using more than one crew to operate a single ship. This practice has attracted...

Military health care professionals serve in a variety of settings, more diverse than is typically found in the civilian environment. The Military H...

This book explores America's national security strategy, which is focused on renewing American leadership so that we can more effectively advance o...

This book provides background information and presents potential issues for Congress concerning the Navy's ship force-structure goals and shipbuild...

Even though the United States plans to reduce the number of warheads deployed on its long-range missiles and bombers, consistent with the terms of ...

This book is an overview of the U.S. nuclear stockpile and the issues relating to maintenance and replacement of warheads. Nuclear weapons will con...

The Bush Administration conducted a review of US nuclear weapons force posture during its first year in office. Although the review sought to adjus...

Nuclear weapons are an essential part of the nation's defence strategy. The National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) manages the nation's ...

The United States is concurrently pursuing the goals of reducing the size of its nuclear weapons force -- strategic and non-strategic, deployed and...

This book presents and discusses various economic policies in North America. Topics discussed include the Manhattan Project, the Apollo Program and...

This book explores conventional prompt global strike and long-range ballistic mission options. Prompt global strike (PGS) would allow the United St...

Public diplomacy is defined in different ways, but broadly it is a term used to describe a government's efforts to conduct foreign policy and promo...

The U.S. Secret Service has two missions: criminal investigations and protection. Criminal investigation activities, which have expanded since its ...

Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, maritime security efforts have focused primarily on large commercial vessels, cargoes, and crew. ...

Border insecurity is not a new phenomenon. For more than 25 years, Congress has increased border security resources in response to this challenge o...

Special Operations Forces (SOF) are elite military units with special training and equipment that can infiltrate into hostile territory through lan...

This book examines current proposals in the 112th Congress relating to tax reform. The President and leading members of Congress have stated that f...

The conventional wisdom is that the terrorist attacks on September 11th 2001 prompted a substantive change in U.S. immigration policy on visa issua...

This highly detailed reference book is for both novice and experienced collectors, and is focused on the World War II U.S.-made, fully machine-embr...

There has been a recent increase in the level of drug trafficking-related violence within and between the drug trafficking organisations in Mexico....

The final text of the proposed U.S.-Panama FTA incorporates specific amendments on key issues at the behest of congressional leadership. The most s...

At 31 years old, Major Cyrus Inches resolved to survive the Great War, and did so without losing his sense of humour, in spite of the tragedies he ...

The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) conducted an environmental scan of the training, outreach, and resourc...

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) culminated years of efforts by state and local government officials and various business interests ...

This new, extensively researched volume is a comprehensive guide to the history, development, wear, and use of uniforms and equipment during Americ...

This new book takes a close look at a variety of authentic World War II era German uniforms including examples from the Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmari...

This three-volume set is unquestionably the best reference on German SS military uniforms ever produced. This spectacular work is a heavily documen...

This three-volume set is unquestionably the best reference on German SS military uniforms ever produced. This spectacular work is a heavily documen...

This three-volume set is unquestionably the best reference on German SS military uniforms ever produced. This spectacular work is a heavily documen...

United States Army - Issues, Background, Bibliography

This book examines the strategic risk posed by a smaller and restructured Army; the "health" of the Army given the impending downsizing; the draw-d...

In the wake of the tragedy of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Congress decided that enhancing the security of the United States' borders was a vitally...

Since at least the 1980s, the border has played a central role in U.S. policy discussions. Policymakers have for years debated the best strategy fo...

This book provides an overview of instances in which the United States has used its armed forces abroad in situations of military conflict or poten...

Presidential Policy Directive 8: National Preparedness (PPD-8) describes the Nation's approach to preparing for the threats and hazards that pose t...

This book provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Columbia-class program, the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) cl...

This book examines the burning issues facing today's Navy and Congress. Although rapid progress in aircraft and bombing technology has caused some ...

The Air Force has managed its remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilots using some strategic human-capital approaches, such as planning for the differ...