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- Reader's guide
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- Alliances and Allies, Potential Adversaries, and International Organizations
- Afghanistan
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Alliances
- ANZUS Security Treaty
- Asia
- Australia
- Bases, Foreign
- Brazil
- Canada
- Caribbean
- Central America
- Central Asia
- China, People’s Republic of
- Coalition, Warfare
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Egypt
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- Haiti
- Hamas
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Korea, North
- Liberia
- Libya
- Mexico
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Organization of Americans States
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Philippines
- Red Cross, International Committee of
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Somalia
- South America
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
- Venezuela
- Civil-Military Relations
- 9/11 Commission
- Air Force One
- Air Force, Department of
- American Legion
- Appropriations, Military
- Armed Forces Committee, House
- Armed Forces Committee, Senate
- Army, Department of
- Association of the United States Army
- Civil-Military Relations (Appendix 1)
- Congress, U.S.
- Congressional Relations, Military
- Constitution, U.S.
- Defense, Department of
- Defense, Secretary of
- Foreign Relations Committee, House
- Foreign Relations Committee, Senate
- Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act
- Homeland Security, Department of
- Intelligence Oversight, Congressional
- Iran-Contra Scandal
- Marine Corps League
- Marine Guards, Embassy
- Marine One
- Military Officers Association of America
- National Security Act
- National Security Council
- Navy League
- Navy, Department of
- Peace Movements
- Politics, Military Participation In
- Posse Comitatus Act
- President as Commander in Chief
- Public Affairs, Military
- Public Opinion on War and the Military
- U.S. Naval Institute
- U.S. State Department
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Veterans of Foreign Wars
- War Powers Act
- White House Military Office
- Diversity
- Educational Institutions
- Army War College
- Citadel, The
- Command and General Staff College
- Defense Language Institute
- Marine Corps University
- National Defense University
- Naval Postgraduate School
- Naval War College
- Noncommissioned Officer Academies
- Norwich University
- Recruiting on College Campuses
- ROTC
- ROTC, Jr.
- School of the Americas
- U.S. Air Force Academy
- U.S. Coast Guard Academy
- U.S. Military Academy
- U.S. Naval Academy
- Virginia Military Institute
- Intelligence
- Attachés, Military
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Classification Security
- Counterintelligence
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Homeland Security, Department of
- Intelligence Cycle
- Intelligence Organizations, Military
- Intelligence, Geospatial
- Intelligence, Human
- Interrogation
- National Security Agency
- USA PATRIOT Act
- Law/Military Justice
- “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
- Constitutional Rights, Personnel
- Court-Martial
- Crimes, Military
- Crimes, War
- Cultural Property and Heritage
- Desertion
- Geneva Conventions
- Genocide
- Hague Conventions
- Hazing
- Human Rights
- International Criminal Court
- Laws of War
- Laws of War: Major Treaties and Conventions (Appendix 3)
- My Lai Massacre
- Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
- Ottawa Land Mine Treaty
- Piracy, High Seas
- Police, Military
- Prisons, Military
- Rape
- Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
- Torture
- Trauma, Military Sexual
- Treason
- U.S. Supreme Court Cases (Appendix 4)
- Uniform Code of Military Justice
- Whistle-Blowing
- Yamashita Precedent
- Leadership
- Logistics, Supply, Equipment, and Transportation
- Media, Military and Public
- Medical Care, Disability, Veterans, and the War Dead
- Agent Orange
- American Battle Monuments Commission
- Anthrax
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Army Nurse Corps
- Cemeteries, Military
- Combat, Physical and Psychological Impact
- Disability
- Environment
- Gulf War Syndrome
- HIV/AIDS
- Medical Disability, Veteran
- Medicine, Military
- Medicine, Veterans
- Military Casualties (Appendix 6)
- Navy Nurse Corps
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychiatry, Military
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Suicide
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- TRICARE (Military Health Plan)
- Veterans Affairs, Department of
- War Dead, Disposition of
- Wounds and Injuries
- Military and Civil Society in the United States
- Military Life
- Abuse, Family and Child
- Army-Navy Game
- Bands and Music
- Benefits, Military
- Benefits, Veteran
- Customs and Traditions
- Discharge and Separation
- Drill and Ceremony
- Family Readiness
- Family, Military
- Finance, Personal
- Language, Military
- Leaves and Furloughs
- Military Courtesy
- National Military Family Association
- Physical Fitness
- Recreation
- Retirement
- Sports
- Support Groups for Military Spouses
- Time, Military
- Military Organizations and Commands
- Air Force Command
- Air Force, U.S.
- Air Mobility Command
- Air National Guard
- Airborne Units
- Army Corps of Engineers
- Army, U.S.
- Coast Guard, U.S.
- Engineers, Combat
- Infantry
- Interpreters and Translators
- Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command
- Marine Corps, U.S.
- Military Advisors, U.S.
- Military Organization (Appendix 5)
- Military Organization, Air Force
- Military Organization, Army
- Military Organization, Marine Corps
- Military Organization, Navy
- Modular Army
- National Guard, Army
- Navy, U.S.
- North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
- Organization, Coast Guard
- Rapid Deployment Force
- Reserve, Air Force
- Reserve, Army
- Reserve, Marine Corps
- Reserve, Navy
- SEALs, Navy
- Special Forces, Air Force
- Special Forces, Army
- Strategic Air Command
- Surgeon General, Air Force
- Surgeon General, Army
- Surgeon General, Navy
- U.S. Africa Command
- U.S. Central Command
- U.S. Northern Command
- U.S. Pacific Command
- U.S. Southern Command
- U.S. Special Operations Command
- U.S. Strategic Command
- U.S. Transportation Command
- Operations and Tactics
- Ambush
- Antisubmarine Warfare
- Asymmetric Warfare
- Attrition Warfare
- Aviation, Army
- Brigade
- Close Air Support
- Combat Power
- Combined Arms
- Command and Control
- Company
- Covert Actions, Military
- Cyberwar
- Direct Fire
- Division
- Effectiveness, Combat
- Force Reconnaissance, Marine
- Friendly Fire
- Indirect Fire
- Mobilization
- OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act)
- Operations, Air
- Operations, Cold-Weather
- Operations, Jungle
- Operations, Mountain
- Plans, Operational
- Psychological Warfare (PSYOP)
- Rangers
- Regiment
- Rules of Engagement
- Tactics, Air
- Tactics, Covert
- Tactics, Ground Forces
- Tactics, Naval
- Warfare, Amphibious
- Warfare, Biological
- Warfare, Electronic
- Warfare, Submarine
- Warfare, Surface
- Warfare, Unconventional
- Personnel: Recruitment and Training
- Advertising, Military-Sponsored
- All-Volunteer Force
- Conscientious Objection
- Conscription
- Drill and Ceremony
- Military Occupational Specialty
- Officer Candidate School
- Pay, Military
- Personnel Evaluation
- Rank
- Recruitment, Enlisted
- Recruitment, Officer
- Stop-Loss
- Training, Air Force Enlisted
- Training, Air Force Pilots
- Training, Army Enlisted
- Training, Army Officers
- Training, Coast Guard Enlisted
- Training, Coast Guard Officers
- Training, Marine Corps Enlisted
- Training, Marine Corps Officers
- Training, Multinational
- Training, Naval Aviators
- Training, Naval Enlisted
- Training, Naval Officers
- Strategy and Strategists, Military Intellectuals, and Military Concepts
- AirLand Battle Doctrine
- Anthropology and War
- Archives, Military
- Blitzkrieg Warfare
- Bush Doctrine
- Clausewitz, Carl von
- Counterinsurgency
- Culture, Military
- Deterrence
- Frederick II of Prussia
- Giap, Vo Nguyen
- Guerilla Warfare
- Hanson, Victor Davis
- History, Military: Approaches to
- History, Naval: Approaches to
- Huntington, Samuel
- Jomini, Antoine-Henri
- Keegan, John
- Levels of War
- Liddell Hart, Basil
- Luttwak, Edward N.
- Mahan, Alfred Thayer
- Mao Zedong
- Marshall, S. L. A.
- Military Science
- Nation-Building
- Neoconservatives
- Operations Research
- Pentomic Era
- Plans, War
- Political Science and International Relations
- Quadrennial Defense Review
- RAND Corporation
- Realism in International Relations
- Schelling, Thomas
- Single Integrated Operational Plan
- Society for Military History
- Sociology
- Soft Power
- Space
- Special Operations, Strategy
- Strategy, Air Power
- Strategy, Ground War
- Strategy, Naval
- Strategy, Nuclear
- Sun Tzu
- Terrorism
- Thucydides
- Total War
- Upton, Emory
- Urban Gueri1la Movements
- War, Principles of
- Weinberger-Powell Doctrine
- Values, Ethics, Culture, and Religion
- Wars/Military Involvement
- American Revolution
- Civil War, American
- Colonial Wars (1607–1774)
- Indian Wars
- Korean War (1950–1953)
- Lebanon, U.S. Intervention in (1982)
- Mexican-American War
- Nicaragua Intervention (1920s)
- Occupations
- Panama, U.S. Intervention in
- Philippines Insurrection
- Reconstruction
- Spanish-American War (1898)
- Vietnam War
- War of 1812
- World War I
- World War II
- Wars/Military Involvement: Contemporary
- 9/11 (2001)
- 9/11 Attack on Pentagon
- Abu Ghraib
- al Qaeda
- Bosnia Intervention
- Coalition Provisional Authority
- Gates, Robert
- Global War on Terrorism
- Guantanamo Bay Prison
- Haiti, U.S. Intervention in
- Humanitarian Intervention, Foreign
- Iraq Insurgency (2003–2011)
- Iraq War (2003)
- Iraq War, Planning for
- Kosovo Intervention
- Middle East Conflict
- Nuclear Proliferation
- Panama, U.S. Intervention in
- Peacekeeping
- Persian Gulf War
- Petraeus, David
- Powell, Colin
- Prisoners of War
- Rumsfeld, Donald
- Rwandan Genocide
- Shock and Awe Offensive
- Somalia Intervention
- Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties
- Surge, Iraq War
- War in Afghanistan
- Weapons Systems and Weapons Contractors
- Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Aircraft
- Aircraft Carriers
- Aircraft, Antisubmarine
- Aircraft, Attack
- Aircraft, Bomber
- Aircraft, Fighter
- Aircraft, Patrol
- Aircraft, Reconnaissance
- Aircraft, Transport
- Ammunition
- Amphibious Vehicles
- Armored Vehicles
- Arms, Small
- Artillery
- Battleships
- Boeing
- Bombs, Cluster
- Bombs, Gravity
- Bombs, Nuclear
- Bombs, Smart
- Cruisers, Naval
- Destroyers
- Frigates
- General Dynamics
- Guns, Machine
- Helicopters
- Lockheed Martin
- Mines, Land
- Mines, Naval
- Missiles, Air-to-Air
- Missiles, Conventional
- Missiles, Cruise
- Missiles, Nuclear
- Northrop Grumman
- Raytheon
- Research and Development
- Science Applications International
- Stealth Technology
- Submarines
- Tanks
- Targeting Systems
- Technology
- Textron, Inc.
- Torpedoes
- United Technologies Corporation
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Warfare, Biological
- Weapons, Antiaircraft
- Weapons, Chemical
- Weapons, Nonlethal
- Weapons, Nuclear
- Weapons, Space
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