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2020 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin 
    
2020 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 420 - History of American Intelligence


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This course focuses on the function of intelligence, the role it plays in the foreign policy process, how presidents from Washington to Bush have used it to promote American interests and protect national security, and ways in which the intelligence community has been affected by the behavior and policies of the executives they have served. Prerequisite(s): HIST 111  or HIST 112 ; POLS 229  or HIST 221  or HIST 222  recommended.