DSS Required Books List

DSS 703 Science and Technology (Hewitt)

1. Krepinevich, Andrew F. "The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers." United Kingdom: Yale University Press, 2024.
2. Mahnken, Thomas G. "Technology and The American Way of War Since 1945." New York: Columbia University Press, 2008
3. Rosen, Stephen Peter. "Winning the Next War." Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1994. 

DSS 705 NATO Security Issues (Clawson)

1. Sloan, Stanley R. "Defense of the West:  Transatlantic Security from Truman to Trump." Second Edition. (Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, 2020).

DSS 707 Congress, National Security, and Weapons of Mass Destruction (Taylor)

1. Hamilton, Alexander; Madison, James; and Jay, John, “The Federalist Papers”. Signet Classics, April 1, 2003.
2. Trachtenberg, David J., “The Lawgivers’ Struggle: How Congress Wields Power in National Security Decision Making.” Fairfax, VA, National Institute Press, 2020.

DSS 710 International Terrorism and Security (Kiras)

1. Hoffman, B. (2017) “Inside Terrorism.” (New York, NY, Columbia University Press) ISBN-13: 978-0231174770; ISBN-10: 0231174772.
2. Hoffman, B. and Reinares, F. (2014). “The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat.” (New York, NY: Columbia University Press) ISBN-13: 978-0231168991.

DSS 710 International Terrorism and Security (Gibson)

1. Hoffman, B. (2017). "Inside Terrorism." 3rd Edition. (New York, NY: Columbia University Press) ISBN-13: 9780231174770
2. Law, R. (2024). "Terrorism: A History." 3rd Edition. (New York, NY: Polity) ISBN-13: 9781509551330

DSS 719 Strategic Culture (Kartchner)

1. Kerry M. Kartchner, Briana D. Bowen, and Jeannie L. Johnson, eds., "Routledge Handbook of Strategic Culture" (London: Routledge, 2024). ISBN: 978-0367445485. Students should purchase this book as an eBook: ISBN 9781003010302.
2. Adamsky, Dima, “The Culture of Military Innovation: The Impact of Cultural Factors on the Revolution in Military Affairs in Russia, The US, And Israel.” Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010.
3. Adamsky, Dmitry (Dima). "The Russian Way of Deterrence: Strategic Culture, Coercion, and War." Stanford University Press, 2023. ISBN: 978-1503637825 (paperback)

DSS 720: Internship/Professional Experience 

No textbooks are required for this course.

DSS 726: China: The International Politics of China’s Rise (Anderson)

1. Taylor Fravel, “Active Defense, China's Military Strategy since 1949.” Princeton University Press, 2019.
2. Elbridge A. Colby, “The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict.” Yale University Press, 2021.

DSS 730 Cyber Conflict and International Security (Mazanec)

1. Christopher Whyte and Brian Mazanec, "Understanding Cyber Warfare." Routledge, 2nd Edition. ISBN-13: 978-1032159317, ISBN-10: 1032159316
2. Andrew Blum, “Tubes: A Journey To The Center Of The Internet”, Ecco; Reprint edition, May 28, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-0061994951.

DSS 794 Active in Research 

No textbooks are required for this course.

DSS 796 Directed Reading Course (for non-thesis project completion or independent study)

If books are required, they will be assigned by your course mentor or instructor.

DSS 796 Directed Reading Course: Masaryk Energy Security Summit Summer 2026

If books are required, they will be assigned by Dr. Rose.

DSS 797 Special Topic: Arctic Security Challenges (Anderson)

No textbooks are required for this course.

DSS 797 Special Topic: Great Power Competition (McKinney)

1. Paul Kennedy. "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers." (New York: Random House, 1987).
2. Wess Mitchell. "Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger." (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2025).
3. Francis J. Gavin. "Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and Strategy." (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2025).

DSS 799: Thesis

If books are required, they will be assigned by your thesis mentor.

DSS 896 Doctoral Capstone Project

If books are required, they will be assigned by your project mentor.