Primary Author: Peter M. Swartz, Principal Research Scientist, CNA Strategic Studies

This series addresses the drafting and influence of all U.S. Navy capstone documents since 1970, from Project SIXTY through Cooperative Strategy for 21^st Century Seapower. Capstone documents are those documents – typically signed by the Chief of Naval Operations – that seek to explain and guide the Navy. This series discusses the differences and similarities of different types of capstone documents as well as the context and development processes of each of them. Volumes providing context include discussion of the 40-year evolution of the global environment, U.S. national defense policy, U.S. Navy force levels and budgets, U.S. Navy deployments and operations, U.S. military sealift and shipbuilding, and U.S. Navy relationships with other services and foreign navies.

• U.S. Navy Capstone Strategy, Policy, Vision, and Concept Documents: What to Consider before You Write One (CQR D0020071.A1/Final, March 2009)
• U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (1970-2010): A Brief Summary (MISC D0026437.A1/Final, December 2011)
• U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts: Introduction, Background, and Analyses (MISC D0026421.A1/Final, December 2011)
• The U.S. Navy in the World (1970-2010): Context for U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts: Volume I (MISC D0026417.A1/Final, December 2011)
• The U.S. Navy in the World (1970-2010): Context for U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts: Volume II (MISC D0026417.A2/Final, December 2011)
• U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (1970-1980): Strategy, Policy, Concept, and Vision Documents (MISC D0026414.A1/Final, December 2011)
• The U.S. Navy in the World (1970-1980): Context for U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (MISC D0026418.A1/Final, December 2011)
• U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (1981-1990): Strategy, Policy, Concept, and Vision Documents (MISC D0026415.A1/Final, December 2011)
• The U.S. Navy in the World (1981-1990): Context for U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (MISC D0026419.A1/Final, December 2011)
• U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (1991-2000): Strategy, Policy, Concept, and Vision Documents (MISC D0026416.A2/Final, March 2012)
• The U.S. Navy in the World (1991-2000): Context for U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (MISC D0026420.A2/Final, March 2012)
• U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (2001-2010): Strategy, Policy, Concept, and Vision Documents (MISC D0026241.A2/Final, December 2011)
• The U.S. Navy in the World (2001-2010): Context for U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (MISC D0026242.A2/Final, December 2011)
• U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (1970-2010): Comparisons, Contrasts, and Changes: Volume I (MISC D0026422.A1/Final, December 2011)
• U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (1970-2010): Comparisons, Contrasts, and Changes: Volume II (MISC D0026423.A1/Final, December 2011)
• Organizing OPNAV (1970-2009) (CAB D0020997.A5/2Rev, January 2010)
• U.S. Navy – U.S. Air Force Relationships 1970-2010 (MISC D0024022.A4/1Rev, June 2011)