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Government Documents on National Security Policy

U.S. national security policy deals with issues as diverse as military force preparedness, nuclear strategy, terrorism, chemical and biological weapons, force morale, psychology, information science, and various other topics. Purdue Libraries have many government documents dealing with U.S. national security policy as well as the national security policies of other countries. Most of these publications are located in the HSSE Library. Subject headings you can use to search the Library Catalog for government documents on national security policy include:

Chemical Warfare
Information Warfare United States
National Security United States
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Technology Transfer Government Policy United States
United States Defenses

The principal index for U.S. Government publications is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36 which is available online from 1994-present. Another similiar index is the GPO Index covering from 1976-present. An additional useful index is Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73005 C76 covering congressional publications.

Examples of U.S. Government national security policy documents include:

National Security Strategy for a New Century Click here for 2002 edition and here for 2006 edition.	HSSE DOC PREX 1.19:N 21/SE 2
Discriminate Deterrence: Report of the Commission on Integrated Long-Term Strategy	HSSE DOC D 1.2:D 48
Fundamentals of Force Planning	HSSE DOD D 208.2:F 82/990-
Joint Electronic Library (CD-ROM)	HSSE REF D 5.21:
Joint Doctrine Publications	HSSE DOC D 5.12
New World Vistas: Air and Space Power for the 21st Century (Also in CD-ROM)	HSSE DOC D 301.118:P 87/
Intentions and Capabilities: Estimates on Soviet Strategic Forces 1950-1983	HSSE 355.033594709045 In 8 1996
Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces	HSSE DOC PR 41.8:W 84
Facing the Future: Meeting the Threats and Challenges of the 21st Century (2005)
Worldwide Manpower Distribution	HSSE MF D 1.61/3:
Proliferation: Threat and Response	HSSE DOC D 1.2:P 94/17/997
Strategic Assessment	HSSE DOC D 5.402:IN 7/4/

National Defense Strategy of the United States of America (2005)

National Military Strategy of the United States of America (2004)

U.S. Government National Security Policy Journals

Joint Force Quarterly	HSSE DOC D 5.20:
Parameters: Journal of the U.S. Army War College	HSSE 355.005 P212
Military Review	HSSE 355.05 Un32
Naval War College Review	HSSE 327.05 N227
Aerospace Power Journal (Formerly Air Power Journal)	HSSE 629.505 Ai68

Foreign Area Officers Association (FAOA) Journal (non-governmental)

Congressional Publications

Congressional committees and support agencies also prepare valuable national security policy
materials. Examples include:

House Armed Services Committee HSSE DOC Y 4.AR 5/2A:
(See Y 4.SE 2/1A: for this committee's publications from 1995-1998)
(Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) is a member of this committee.
Title 10, United States Armed Forces HSSE DOC Y 4.AR 5/2A:T 53/2000
House Appropriations Committee HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:D 36/5/ & HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:M 59/
(Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee.)
House Oversight & Government Reform Committee HSSE DOC Y 4.G 74/7:
(Reps. Dan Burton (R-IN) and Mark Souder (R-IN) are members of this committee.
House Homeland Security Committee HSSE DOC Y 4.H 75:
(Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) is a member of this committee.)
House Select Intelligence Committee HSSE DOC Y 4.IN 8/18:
Senate Armed Services Committee HSSE DOC Y 4.AR 5/3:
(Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) is a member of this committee.)
Senate Appropriations Committee HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2:
Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee HSSE DOC Y 4.G 74/9:
Senate Select Intelligence Committee HSSE DOC Y 4.IN 8/19:
(Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) is a member of this committee.)
Congressional Budget Office HSSE DOC Y 10.2
General Accounting Office MGMT MF GA 1.13:
Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library)

Internet Resources

Increasing amounts of government information can be found on the Internet. The Purdue Libraries Government Documents Department homepage is a good starting point. GPO Access provides access to congressional bills, the Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, and other major federal legal, legislative, and regulatory information sources.