Air
University Library. Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals. Quarterly. Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: 1949.Click for reference materials dealing specifically with military Special Operations and counterinsurgency activities.
1. Print Materials
2. Electronic References
Air
University Library. Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals. Quarterly. Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: 1949.
Petersen: "Essential for locating intelligence articles."
Blanko, Richard L.,
comp. The War of the American Revolution: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
of Published Sources. New York: Garland, 1984.
Petersen notes that this work includes a "[s]ection on espionage and propaganda."
Blewett, Daniel K.
American Military History: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources.
Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1995.
Surveillant 4.4/5 says that this work is "[n]ot exhaustive, but ... includes separate chapters on terrorism, intelligence, espionage, and arms control and disarmament, making this dictionary [sic] worth a look" by readers interested in intelligence issues.
Burns, Richard D.,
and Milton Leitenberg. The Wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, 1945-1982:
A Bibliographic Guide. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1984.
Cornog,
Douglas. Unconventional Warfare: A Bibliography of Bibliographies. Washington. DC: GPO, 1964. [Petersen]
Crouch,
Thomas W. An Annotated Bibliography on Low Intensity Conflict Taken from the Joint Low-Intensity Conflict Final Report of 1 August 1986. 2 vols. Langley AFB, VA: Army-Air Force Center for Low Intensity Conflict, 1987. [Petersen]
Greenwood, John. American Defense Policy Since 1945: A Preliminary Bibliography. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1973.
House, Jonathan M.
Military Intelligence, 1870-1991: A Research Guide. Westport, CT:
Greenwood, 1993.
Bates, NIPQ 10.3, notes that this is an "annotated bibliography" with "882 entries from some 750 authors" There are "some omissions ... and some misspellings... [b]ut, all in all, a commendable effort." For Kruh, Cryptologia 19.1, an "author index and subject index make it easy to locate information quickly in this valuable guide."
Kinnell, Susan K. Military
History of the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. Santa Barbara,
CA: ABC-CLIO, 1986.
Petersen finds "numerous intelligence entries" in this bibliography.
Metz,
Steven. The Literature of Low-Intensity Conflict: A Selected Bibliography
and Suggestions for Future Research. Langley AFB, VA: Army-Navy-Air
Force Center for Low Intensity Conflict, 1988. [Petersen]
Polmar, Norman, Mark
Warren, and Eric Wertheim. Dictionary of Military Abbreviations. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1994.
Kruh, Cryptologia 19.1, comments that this dictionary "will benefit anyone bewildered by the widespread use of acronyms in military ... publications."
Powe, Marc B. "The
History of American Military Intelligence: A Review of Selected Literature."
Military Affairs 39 (Oct. 1975): 142-145.
Shrader, Charles R.,
ed. Reference Guide to United States Military History 1919-1945.
New York: Facts On File, 1994. [http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/RefBibs/intell/ww2/oss.htm]
Smith, Myron J., Jr.
Air War Bibliography 1939-1945: A Guide to Sources in English. 5
vols. Manhattan, KS: USAF Historical Foundation, Military Affairs/Aerospace
Historian Publishing, 1976. [Petersen]
Smith, Myron J., Jr.,
ed. Pearl Harbor, 1941: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood,
1991.
According to Sexton, this is an "exhaustive annotated bibliography of over 1,500 citations, including MAGIC and other intelligence-related sources."
Defense Intelligence
Agency: http://www.DIA.MIL/index.html
Worth a quick read: "DIA: A Brief History -- 35 Years."
DOD Dictionary of Military
& Associated Terms: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/
Joint Publication 1-02; contains terms, acronyms and abbreviations. Can be browsed by letter of the alphabet or searched for specific terms.
G2mil: http://www.g2mil.com/
This site presents itself as a "Military Research Portal," covering "military technology, weapons, tactics, future warfare, and military news." It is "run by former military officers," including editor "Carlton Meyer, a former Marine Corps officer."
The History Net --
"Arms, Armies and Intrigue": http://www.thehistorynet.com/THNarchives/ ArmsArmiesIntrigue/
Jensen, Richard. "Web Sources for Military History." http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/military.html.
Cohen, FA 80.6 (Nov.-Dec. 2001), calls this site "a handy directory ... that offers remarkably complete coverage."
Loyola Home Page on
Military Intelligence: http://www.loyola.edu.dept/politics/milintel.html
This is a well-organized site, with a substantial library of links.
Military History Research
Home Page: http://www.militaryunits.com/#A
World War II, Korea, and Vietnam; private site with charges for research.
National Military Intelligence
Association: http://www.nmia.org
Includes index to past issues of the American Intelligence Journal.
Orders
of Battle: http://www.orbat.com/
This site claims to be "the biggest and most comprehensive source for OB and TO information." In August 2001, the site included information on 182 countries.
Parameters,
U.S. Army War College Quarterly: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/
Parameters/parahome.htm
Occasionally has intelligence-related articles and book reviews. Site includes materials from current and past issues, with a cumulative index of articles and review essays. Also offers a book review index and links to on-line resources.
Seymour,
Janet L., comp. Deception in Warfare. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University, 1996. [http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/decwar/dwtoc.htm]
This Web-based bibliography includes materials by type of publication (Books, Documents, and Periodicals) under the following topics: General Information; Operational Deception; Tactical Deception (General, Camouflage, Decoys, Electronic Deception; and Stealth Concept); Historical Examples (World War I, World War II, Ultra/Enigma and Magic/Purple, Vietnamese Conflict, Persian Gulf War [Desert Storm]; Other Conflicts [Miscellaneous]); and Soviet/Russian Deception.
Shrader, Charles R., ed. Reference Guide To United States Military History 1919-1945. New York: Facts On File, 1994. [http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/RefBibs/intell/ww2/oss.htm]
U.S. Army Military
History Institute: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/
Includes reference bibliographies in subject categories across a wide range of military and military-related activities and periods.
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