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U.S. Intelligence in the Cold War and Beyond

Secret intelligence is the "missing dimension" of Cold War history, as it is of most diplomatic history. This course analyzes a selective history of the U.S. intelligence community in the Cold War in order to assess its overall role. On the basis of declassified intelligence records and eyewitness accounts of former senior intelligence officers, the course focuses on what the intelligence community collected, knew, and estimated, and how intelligence reporting did or did not affect U.S. national security strategy and policy. The course concludes by examining U.S. intelligence in the post-Cold War period.

Semester Available


Summer Semester

Part of


  Specialization in American Foreign Policy
  Choose Three of the Following Courses
  Choose One of the Following Courses
  Specialization in Intelligence

Pre-requisites


  Intelligence and Policy

Principal Professor


   David L. Thomas
Department of Defense {read more}

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