The report makes recommendations for enhancing U.S. effectiveness across the spectrum of activities from peacetime through stabilization and reconstruction. The task force vision for enhancing U.S. effectiveness in the transition to and from hostilities has two dimensions. The first dimension is management discipline and the second dimension is building and maintaining certain fundamental capabilities, now lacking that are critical to success in stabilization and reconstruction ...

"December 2004."

1. Introduction -- 2. Direction, planning, and oversight -- 3. Stabilization and reconstruction capabilities -- 4. Strategic communication -- 5. Knowledge, understanding, and intelligence for the 21st century -- 6. Identification, location, and tracking in asymmetric warfare -- 7. Summary and key recommendations.