Intelligence War

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course examines the role of intelligence during wartime—the actors involved and capabilities employed—across both conventional and unconventional armed conflict. Through the use of case studies, this course examines the role intelligence plays both prior to the outbreak of conflict and during conflict and how it varies across different forms of warfare. Cases will highlight intelligence failures and successes from World War II to present, with particular emphasis on the role of intelligence analysis during war. This course provides students with practical experience intended to simulate the role of a defense intelligence analyst. Students will gain experience creating mock defense intelligence analytic products on contemporary security challenges in the form of short papers and briefings intended to approximate the types of products intelligence analysts create for senior decision-makers on a routine basis.