Analysis
William D. O'Neil

Fixing Defense Acquisition Programs (PDF)

The Great Depression in Facts and Figures

Current commentary:

• Is War the Remedy?
• Next: World War III?
• But Are They Sciences? Economics, climate, and experiments
• Using the Military to Defend Against the Economic Threat

Some articles and papers:

• Costs and Difficulties of Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. (Subscription/pay link.) Summary and map.

• Military transformation and the Pacific War. Collection of three papers.
• Notes of a talk by General Tony Zinni (retired) on 13 Apr 2006
• Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence, by Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel - Review
• Oil as a Strategic Factor: The supply of oil in the first half of the 21st century, and its strategic implications for the U.S. Jun 2001. Although much has changed in the oil markets since then, almost all of this paper is devoted to fundamental factors which have changed little. In addition to the geological issues it addresses economics and technology, including the technology of alternatives.
• Stealth. While revealing no secrets, this brief paper describes the fundamentals of radar stealth clearly and accurately.

Biography

Selected publications

Contact

United States Strategic Bombing Survey page

Revised 28 May 2009