NSEC611 - Covert Action and National Security
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This course examines Covert Action in the context of National Security. The syllabus includes a spectrum of activities concerning related Intelligence, Counterintelligence, unconventional warfare and assassination issues. Students go on to assess related espionage spycraft, technology and agent activity, and conclude the course by weighing the political and executive aspects of the Presidential powers exercised in Covert Action, with their attendant moral, national security and historical burdens. Students engage in group discussions, written assignments and exams on syllabus topics
Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 09/26/11 - 02/26/12 |
03/05/12 - 04/29/12 |
Winter 2012 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 10/31/11 - 03/25/12 |
04/02/12 - 05/27/12 |
Spring 2012 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 11/28/11 - 04/29/12 |
05/07/12 - 07/01/12 |
Spring 2012 Session I - 8 Week session |
| 12/26/11 - 05/27/12 |
06/04/12 - 07/29/12 |
Spring 2012 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 01/30/12 - 06/24/12 |
07/02/12 - 08/26/12 |
Summer 2012 Session B - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Unconventional Warfare - DVD - available at MBS Direct and online http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=72448
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| ISBN: |
0767071816
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| Publication Info: |
A&E Home Video
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A&E Home Video
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| Unit Cost: |
$43.00
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| Book Title: |
CIA Spy Master
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| ISBN: |
1589802349
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| Publication Info: |
Pelican Publishing, Gretna, LA, 2004
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| Author: |
Clarence Ashley, Leonard McCoy
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| Unit Cost: |
$26.95
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| Book Title: |
Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency
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| ISBN: |
0813191610
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| Publication Info: |
University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2004
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| Author: |
William J. Daugherty
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| Unit Cost: |
$19.95
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| Book Title: |
The Disclosure Project-Links also available inside the classroom.
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| ISBN: |
DVD
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| Publication Info: |
http://www.disclosureproject.org/cd-dvd.shtml
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N/A
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| Unit Cost: |
$19.95
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| Book Title: |
By Way of Deception (No longer available through MBS Direct, please try other booksellers)
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| ISBN: |
0312926146
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| Publication Info: |
Wilshire Press Inc. 2002
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| Author: |
Victor Ostrovsky
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| Unit Cost: |
$11.99
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| Book Title: |
Modern Marvels: Spy Technology -Available online
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| ISBN: |
DVD
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| Publication Info: |
http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=42392
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| Author: |
Available at http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=42392
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| Unit Cost: |
$24.95
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