Topic for Fall 2017: Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
A historical examination of the activities of the intelligence and security agencies of the United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom. Themes include: case studies of successful and unsuccessful espionage, counter-espionage, intelligence analysis, and covert action; the moral and political problems of government secrecy in free and unfree societies; and the role of intelligence agencies in foreign and domestic policymaking. Emphasis is placed on the study and interpretation of primary sources, including memoir literature, mass media, and government documents.