INTL444  - Contemporary Intelligence Studies

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This course is a comparative investigation of how intelligence supported U.S. national security policy during times of crisis and how the crises impacted on the intelligence community. The first part of the course focuses on the Cuban Missile Crisis and the role intelligence played in the outcome. Students will compare and contrast intelligence support to the Cuban Missile Crisis with another foreign policy crisis. The second part of the course focuses on the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations for reforming the intelligence community in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Students will compare and contrast the 9/11 Recommendations with the Intelligence Reform act passed by Congress.

 

Prerequisites

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Corequisites

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Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
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

Course Materials

Book Title: The hard copy 9/11 Report will only be sent to overseas students.
ISBN: 9/11 Report Note
Publication Info: N/A
Author: N/A
Unit Cost: N/A

Book Title: Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
ISBN: 0393318346
Publication Info: W.W. Norton, January 2000
Author: Kennedy, Robert F.
Unit Cost: $9.75

Book Title: The 9/11 Commission Report - [Available Online]
ISBN: 0393326713
Publication Info: W.W. Norton & Company; (July 22, 2004)
Author: NCTA /
Unit Cost: $10.00

 
 
 

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