READING ASSIGNMENTS

Textbooks:

Rhodri Jeffrey Jones The CIA and American Democracy New Haven : Yale University Press, 1989. (RJJ)
Christopher Andrew For the President’s Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush New York : HarperCollins, 1995 (CAN)
Class notes (readings in Class notes designated with CN abbreviation)

Class Two: What is Intelligence?
Read: Historiography of US Foreign Relations

Class Three: Washington to Civil War
Read: CN- Ameringer 1-62, AND 1-30

Class Four: 1865-1900
Read: CN-Ameringer 63-101

Class Five: 1900-1939 Creation of FBI
Read: CAN 31-122

Class Six: WWII-OSS
Read: CAN 123-48, RJJ 1-23

Class Seven: 1945-1950 Creation of the CIA
Read: CAN 149-199 RJJ 24-42

Class Eight: 1950-1955 Creation of the NSA
Read: CAN 200-256 RJJ 42-63

Class Nine: 1956-1963 Creation of the NRO
Read: CAN 257-307 RJJ 63-100

Class Ten: 1964-1970
Read: CAN 308-350 RJJ 139-156

Class Eleven: 1970s
Read: CAN 351-457

Class Twelve: 1980s
Read: CAN 458-503

Class Thirteen: 1990s
Read: CAN 504-537

Class Fourteen: Midterm

Class Fifteen: Guatemala
Read: CN Hersh Chapter 11

Class Sixteen: Intelligence and UFOs
Read: CN- CIA, FBI, NSA declassified documents

Class Seventeen: Congo
Read: CN- CIA declassified documents (from Dr. David Gibbs)

Class Eighteen: Technology and Intelligence
Read: CN-Chapter Six from Corona; Case Study- Toshiba

Class Nineteen: CIA and Drugs
Read: CN- McCoy 1-23, 436-492

Class Twenty: Chile
Read: CN- Powers Chapter 13

Class Twenty-one: CIA and Academia
Read: CN-Forthcoming article from David Gibbs

Class Twenty-two: Declassified Documents Presentations

Class Twenty-three: Afghanistan
Read: CN-Rashid Chapter 7

Class Twenty-four: CIA, Gender, and Race
Read: CN-Ellison

Class Twenty-five: NSA
Read: CN-Bamford -Chapter 3,7

Class Twenty-six: Environment and National Security
Read: CN-Area 51 EPA articles

Class Twenty-seven: Post 9/11 US Foreign Intelligence-Department of Homeland Security
Read: CN- Pappas and Simon

Class Twenty-eight: Final Exam

Bibliography for Class Notes Readings

Ameringer, Charles U.S. Foreign Intelligence : the secret side of American history Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books, 1990.

Bamford, James Body of Secrets : anatomy of the ultra-secret National Security Agency New York: Doubleday, 2001

Boehrer, John and Esther Scott “Sanctions against Toshiba: The Aftermath of a Scandal” Case Studies in Public Policy and Management Harvard University JFK School of Government

Cumings, Bruce Parallax Vsions : making sense of American-East Asian relations at the end of the century Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1999.

Day, Dwayne, ed. Eye in the sky : the story of the Corona spy satellites Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998.

Ellison, Dawn “One Woman's Contribution to Social Change at CIA” Studies in Intelligence VOL. 46, NO. 3, 2002 Unclassified Edition

David N. Gibbs “Academics and Spies: The Silence That Roars” Los Angeles Times January 28, 2001

Hersh, Burton. The Old Boys : the American elite and the origins of the CIA New York : Scribner's ; 1992

Johnson, Chalmers A. Blowback : the costs and consequences of American empire New York : Metropolitan Books, 2000.

McCoy, Alfred The Politics of Heroin : CIA complicity in the global drug trade Brooklyn, N.Y. : Lawrence Hill Books, 1991.

Pappas, Aris and James Simon, Jr. “The Intelligence Community: 2001-2015” Studies in Intelligence VOL. 46, NO. 1, 2002 Unclassified Edition

Powers, Thomas The Man Who Kept the Secrets : Richard Helms & the CIA New York : Knopf, 1979.

2000 UFO, Alien, and Extraterrestrial Government Files: NSA and FBI CD-ROM Progressive Management 2001

21st Century Complete Guide to the CIA and NSA-History, Operations, Reports CD-ROM Progressive Management 2001