Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 15 Hours. (1 x 1 hour per week) |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 11 Hours. (1 x 1 hour seminar followed by 5 x 2 hour seminar fortnightly) |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 1 x3,000 word essay | 40% |
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours (1 x 2 hour exam) | 60% |
| Supplementary Exam | Students failing the module will repeat only the failed component(s); those re-sitting failed coursework are required to select a different essay/assignment title and must not submit re-written versions of the original essay/assignment. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. analyse the role of intelligence in key aspects of national security policy-making since 1900
2. evaluate the implications of the end of the Cold War for intelligence and intelligence services
3. evaluate the role of intelligence in the military history of two world wars
4. evaluate the efficacy and morality of 'covert operations' in international politics
5. possess insight into the nature of treachery
6. assess the role of espionage in the Cold War
7. demonstrate understanding of the relationship between intelligence and counter-intelligence
8. evaluate the implications of the end of the Cold War for intelligence and intelligence services
Brief description
This module will give students an understanding of the history of the development of intelligence as a factor in international relations and state security.
Aims
The aim of this module is to give students an understanding of the central ideas and issues in the study of intelligence. This aim is achieved by studying the historical development of intelligence as a factor in international relations and state security.
Content
- Introduction to Intelligence: Concepts and Issues
- Intelligence and the First World War
- Intelligence, Security and Totalitarianism
- Signals Intelligence before and during the Second World War
- Intelligence, Deception and the Second World War
- Organisation of Intelligence: Lessons and Legacies of the Second World War
- Covert Action (American)
- Covert Action (Soviet, British, Israeli)
- Espionage in the Cold War
- Technical Intelligence in the Cold War
- Counter-Espionage: Treachery and Molehunts
- Intelligence Failure: Arab-Israeli War 1973 & the Falkland/Islands/Malvinas 1982
- Intelligence Failure: 9/11 and Iraqi WMD
- Accountability and Ethics
- Overview and Conclusion
Transferable skills
- reading and understand much varied information, using a variety of sources
- evaluating competing perspectives on the history of intelligence
- demonstrating subject-specific research techniques
- applying a variety of methodologies to complex problems
Reading List
Abram Shulsky (2002) Silent Warfare - Understanding the World of Intelligence Brasseys US Primo search Christopher Andrew (1985) Secret Service Scepter Primo search Christopher Andrew (2000) The Mitrohkin Archive Penguin Primo search Michael Herman (2001) Intelligence Services in the Information Age : Theory and Practice Frank Cass Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6