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Disclaimer: The inclusion of resources here is for informational, historical, and research purposes only and is provided as a service for US Army War College faculty, students, and graduates to support their educational and professional requirements. These may include outdated or superseded materials. The inclusion of these materials does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. Army, or Department of Defense.

This aisle contains general references pertaining to defense management and include electronic copies of past editions of How the Army Runs, Joint Force Quarterly, and other publications plus defense strategy documents and others that impact the entire defense management arena. If you cannot find a resource in a particular topic shelf, it may be here.​​​​​​​

The following are the racks in this Aisle with the current set of resources. All reference documents will be available on this page.

Rack ZA — Official Strategies, Doctrine, Regulations, & Policy Documents

This rack includes general reference documents at the national, defense, joint, and service levels. These are strategy documents that pertain, but are not necessarily directly related to, defense management.

Shelf ZA.00 — National Documents

This shelf is intended to house national strategy documents, official regulations, policies, executive orders, and other resources generally pertaining (directly or indirectly) to the defense enterprise. Most do not already reside on a shelf elsewhere in the Library.

Shelf ZA.10 — Department of Defense Documents

This shelf is intended to house DoD strategy documents, official regulations, policies, executive orders, and other resources pertaining to the operations of the defense enterprise. Most do not already reside on a shelf elsewhere in the Library.

Shelf ZA.11 — Department of State Documents

This shelf is intended to house Department of State strategy documents, official regulations, policies, executive orders, and other resources pertaining to the operations of the defense enterprise. Most do not already reside on a shelf elsewhere in the Library.

  • DoS — Quadrennial Diplomacy & Development Review:  2015

Shelf ZA.20 — Joint Documents

This shelf is intended to house joint strategy documents, official regulations, policies, executive orders, and other resources pertaining to the operations of the defense enterprise. Most do not already reside on a shelf elsewhere in the Library.

Shelf ZA.30 — Army Documents

This shelf is intended to house Army strategy documents, official regulations, policies, executive orders, and other resources pertaining to the operations of the defense enterprise. Most do not already reside on a shelf elsewhere in the Library.

Shelf ZA.31 — Air Force Documents

This shelf is intended to house Department of State strategy documents, official regulations, policies, executive orders, and other resources pertaining to the operations of the defense enterprise. Most do not already reside on a shelf elsewhere in the Library.

Rack ZP — Periodicals

This rack includes important defense management periodicals such as journals and annual/bi-annual reference guides.

Shelf ZP.AL — Army AL&T Journal [Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology] 

This is a journal of the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center. Local copies before 2020 that are not linked below may be made available in the future. Meanwhile, all archival issues are available from the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center website at: https://asc.army.mil/web/magazine/alt-magazine-archive/

  • As Army AL&T Journal (2000-present):
    • 2023: PB 70-22-N — #1 (Winter) | #2 (Spring) | #3 Summer) | #4 (Fall)
    • 2022: PB 70-22-N — #1 (Winter) | #2 (Spring) | #3 Summer) | #4 (Fall)
    • 2021: PB 70-21-N — #1 (Winter) | #2 (Spring) | #3 Summer) | #4 (Fall)
    • 2020: PB 70-20-N — #1 (Winter) | #2 (Spring) | #3 Summer) | #4 (Fall)
    • 2019: PB 70-19-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Spring) | #3 Summer) | #4 (Fall)
    • 2018: PB 70-18-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Special Issue – Research & Tech) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
      • ​​​​​​​Note: The Oct-Dec issue shares the publication number “PB 70-18-4” with the special issue.
    • 2017: PB 70-17-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2016: PB 70-16-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2015: PB 70-15-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2014: PB 70-14-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2013: PB 70-13-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2012: PB 70-12-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2011: PB 70-11-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2010: PB 70-10-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2009: PB 70-09-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2008: PB 70-08-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2007: PB 70-07-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2006: PB 70-06-N — #1 (Jan-Mar) | #2 (Mar-Jun) | #3 (Jul-Sep) | #4 (Oct-Dec)
    • 2005: PB 70-05-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 2004: PB 70-04-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 2003: PB 70-03-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 2002: PB 70-02-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 2001: PB 70-01-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 2000: PB 70-00-N — #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
  • As Research, Development, and Acquisition Bulletin (RDA), HQ US Materiel Development & Readiness Command (1978-2000):
    • 2000: PB 70-00-N — #1 (Jan-Feb)
    • 1999: PB 70-99-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1998: PB 70-98-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1997: PB 70-97-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1996: PB 70-96-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1995: PB 70-95-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1994: PB 70-94-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1993: PB 70-93-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1992: PB 70-92-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1991: PB 70-91-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1990: PB 70-90-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1989: PB 70-89-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1988: PB 70-88-N — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1987: Volume 28 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1986: Volume 27 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1985: Volume 26 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1984: Volume 25 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1983: Volume 24 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1982: Volume 23 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1981: Volume 22 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1980: Volume 21 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1979: Volume 20 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • ​​​​​​​1978: Volume 19 — #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
  • ​​​​​​​As Army Research and Development, Office of the Chief, Research and Development (1960-1978):
    • 1978: Volume 19 — #1 (Jan-Feb)
    • 1977: Volume 18 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1976: Volume 17 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1975: Volume 16 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1974: Volume 15 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1973: Volume 14 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar-Apr) | #3 (May-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Oct) | #6 (Nov-Dec)
    • 1972: Volume 13 — No releases
    • 1971: Volume 12 — #1 (Jan-Feb) | #2 (Mar) | #3 (Apr-Jun) | #4 (Jul-Aug) | #5 (Sep-Dec)
    • 1970: Volume 11 — #1 (Jan) | #2 (Feb) | #3 (Mar-Apr) | #4 (May-Jun) | #5 (Jul-Aug) | #8 (Sep) | #9 (Oct) | #10 (Nov) | #11 (Dec)
    • 1969: Volume 10 — #1 (Jan) | #2 (Feb) | #3 (Mar) | #4 (Apr) | #5 (May) | #6 (Jun) | #7 (Jul-Aug) | #8 (Sep-Oct) | #9 (Nov) | #10 (Dec)
    • 1968: Volume 9 — #1 (Jan) | #2 (Feb) | #3 (Mar) | #4 (Apr) | #5 (May) | #6 (Jun) | #7 (Jul-Aug) | #8 (Sep) | #9 (Oct) | #10 (Nov) | #11 (Dec)
    • 1967: Volume 8 — #1 (Jan) | #2 (Feb) | #3 (Mar) | #4 (Apr) | #5 (May) | #6 (Jun) | #7 (Jul-Aug) | #8 (Sep) | #9 (Oct) | #10 (Nov) | #11 (Dec)
    • 1966: Volume 7 — #1 (Dec-Jan) | #2 (Feb) | #3 (Mar) | #4 (Apr) | #5 (May) | #6 (Jun) | #7 (Jul-Aug) | #8 (Sep) | #9 (Oct) | #10 (Nov) | #11 (Dec)
    • 1965: Volume 6 — #1 (Jan) | #2 (Feb) | #3 (Mar) | #4 (Apr) | #5 (May) | #6 (Jun) | #7 (Jul) | #8 (Aug) | #9 (Sep) | #10 (Oct) | #11 (Nov)
    • 1964: Volume 5 — #1 (Dec-Jan) | #2 (Feb) | #3 (Mar) | #4 (Apr) | #5 (May) | #6 (Jun) | #7 (Jul) | #8 (Aug) | #9 (Sep) | #10 (Oct) | #11 (Nov) | #12 (Dec)
    • 1963: Volume 4 — #1 (Dec-Jan) | #2 (Feb) | #3 (Mar) | #4 (Apr) | #5 (May) | #6 (Jun) | #7 (Jul) | #8 (Aug) | #9 (Sep) | #10 (Oct) | #11 (Nov)
    • 1962: Volume 3 — #1 (Jan) | #2 (Feb) | #3 (Mar) | #4 (Apr) | #5 (May) | #6 (Jun) | #7 (Jul) | #8 (Aug) | #9 (Sep) | #10 (Oct) | #11 (Nov)
    • 1961: Volume 2 — #1 (Jan) | #2 (Feb) | #3 (Mar) | #4 (Apr) | #5 (May) | #6 (Jun) | #7 (Jul) | #8 (Aug) | #9 (Sep) | #10 (Oct) | #11 (Nov) | #12 (Dec)
    • ​​​​​​​1960: Volume 1 — #1 (Dec)

Shelf ZP.AR — Defense Acquisition Research Journal

This is a journal of the Defense Acquisition University. Local copies will be made available as soon as possible. Meanwhile, all archival issues earlier than 2020 are available from the proponent website:

Shelf ZP.HT — How the Army Runs

Since the publication of the 2019-2020 How the Army Runs Reference Manual, the U.S. Army is unquestionably organizing its concepts, doctrine and capabilities to deploy, fight and win against a great power in large scale combat operations (LSCO). As the Secretary of the Army and the Chief Staff of the Army articulated to Congress in the FY 2022 posture hearings, the Army strengthened its operational posture towards LSCO through multiple initiatives while responding to an unpredictable security environment, the COVID-19 pandemic, Middle East tensions, civil unrest, cyberattacks and the southwest border mission. Additionally, the Army evolved its priorities to people, readiness and modernization, fulfilling the robust Army Modernization Strategy that Congress prescribed in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. All available current and past editions are below in full, courtesy of WAR ROOM: The Online Journal of the U.S. Army War College

Shelf ZP.IM — U.S. Army Journal of Installation Management

This publication was occasionally produced by the U.S. Army Installation Management Command between 2006 and 2011. Presently only the below issues are available. If you have access to other issues from this publication, please contribute.

Shelf ZP.JF — Joint Force Quarterly

This is a journal of the National Defense University. Local copies will be made available as soon as possible. Meanwhile, all archival issues are available from the proponent website:

Rack ZZ — Professional Development Resources

This rack contains faculty papers, monographs, and handbooks designed for USAWC curricular use that are not necessarily defense management related but are releasable to the public. These resources link to the Reference Materials page of WAR ROOM: The Online Journal of the U.S. Army War College.

Department of Command, Leadership, and Management:
  • STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP: PRIMER FOR SENIOR LEADERS (4th Edition)
    • Strategic leadership is “the process of aligning people, systems, and resources to achieve a vision for the enterprise while enabling an adaptive and innovative culture necessary to gain an advantage in the competitive environment.” To succeed at the strategic level, leaders must: (1) understand the breadth, scope, and complexity of the environment in which they operate; (2) appreciate the magnitude of the potential costs of their decisions; (3) leverage senior leadership teams, and (4) operate as stewards of the profession, embracing both their responsibilities to lead the profession and manage the profession’s bureaucratic arm. This Primer provides insights on leadership at the strategic level; the competitive external and internal environments of large organizations; senior leader roles, competencies, and character; and how to develop senior leaders.
  • DEFENSE MANAGEMENT: PRIMER FOR SENIOR LEADERS (1st Edition)
    • Defense management resides at the nexus of national security policy, strategy, campaigning, and strategic leadership. It is how our government translates national security policies and strategies into trained and ready forces for combatant commanders—units of personnel and equipment that mobilize, deploy, conduct and sustain operations, redeploy, and demobilize.
  • MAXIMIZING SENIOR LEADER HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
    • Senior leaders face a challenging and dynamic environment that demands their full attention and optimal performance. This book provides a holistic look at wellness for senior leaders in midlife and provides recommendations to slow performance decline and increase vitality through exercise, nutrition, sleep, mindfulness, resilience, and the work-life interface.
  • STRATEGIC LEADER META-COMPETENCIES
    • Prepared by a group of U.S. Army War College students under faculty supervision in support of the Army Talent Management Task Force in academic year 2021. Talent management at the strategic level demands a common understanding of strategic leader capability. After analyzing more than 100 strategic leadership competencies found in over 100 source documents, this report presents a meta-competency framework describing the essence of strategic leadership capability. The six meta-competencies presented provide a common understanding of strategic talent requirements that can inform future Army doctrine.
  • COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNING: PRIMER FOR SENIOR LEADERS (1st Edition)
    • Strategic communication is both an art and a science, a malleable hybrid process that makes achieving consensus on the best organizational approach to a communications campaign difficult to achieve. Too often, national and military leaders favor the science, and deliver messages that are rational in their construction but uninspiring to stakeholders and members of the organization alike. But too much artistry is also a problem. If the message is not grounded in the identity of the organization, it fails to be authentic or motivating. To this point, there has been little that guides leaders how to integrate the art and science into campaign development. This primer points the way, to mastering the science so that the art can then be applied with a judicious and skillful hand.
    • COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNING: EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITY BOOK (1st Edition)
      • The purpose of this Activity Book is to provide a series of experiential exercises that allow readers to construct communication campaigns as described in the monograph Communication Campaigning: Primer for Senior Leaders. This workbook is to be considered a living document that will be continuously updated, and therefore there may be differences between the activities herein and their presentation in the companion monograph. The intent is for the two texts to co-evolve over time through usage and feedback.
  • LEADING CHANGE IN MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS: PRIMER FOR SENIOR LEADERS (2nd Edition)
    • Making change happen is a popular topic among U.S. Army War College students and with good reason. There are endless problems to fix, procedures to improve, new ideas to introduce, and an ever-growing and evolving array of state and non-state actors chomping at the bit to challenge the U.S. Furthermore, systems and processes in use by the military rarely seem to bring about change at the desired speed. The 2nd edition was released in 2023 and incorporates feedback from its use in the Leading Change resident and distance electives since 2020.
    • LEADING CHANGE IN MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS: EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITY BOOK (1st Edition)
      • This activity book provides a slate of activities and exercises that can be used in educational or leader development settings to help organizations understand the complexity and dynamics of leading change. It is experiential in that users of the activities should reflect on the questions posed and consider how they apply to their own organization. There is no silver bullet or one best way proposed, rather this is a set of tailorable tools drawn from organization and management studies that align with the unique challenges of implementing change in military organizations.
  • RESPONSIBLE COMMAND: PRIMER FOR SENIOR LEADERS (1st Edition)
    • The purpose of this primer is to stimulate thought about command in its own right. More than any other leadership book, it seeks to fill a gap between Colonel-level command and what lies beyond. It is a supplement and complement to other U.S. Army War College primers: Strategic Leadership, Defense Management, Leading Change in Military Organizations, and Communications Campaigning. It is distinguished from those primers as its focus is on the aspects of leadership that apply to command, not only including inherent legal obligations, but the responsibilities all commanders bear as the moral and ethical leader of their organizations. These important attributes are revealed through the use of historical examples and the observations of those who have taken on the tough jobs of command.
Department of Military Strategy, Plans, and Operations:
  • CAMPAIGN PLANNING HANDBOOK Academic Year 2023
    • The purpose of this document is to assist United States Army War College students during the Military Strategy and Campaigning (MSC) course. It also serves to assist commanders, planners, and other staff officers in combatant commands (CCMD), joint task forces (JTF), and service component commands. It supplements joint doctrine and contains elements of emerging doctrine as practiced globally by joint force commanders (JFCs). It portrays a way to apply draft doctrine awaiting signature, published doctrine, and emerging concepts, all at the higher levels of joint command, with a primary emphasis at the combatant-command level.

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