INTL414  - Intelligence and Assassination

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IS420 examines Intelligence & Assassination. The course evaluates intelligence in general, two major Intelligence Services, and a diverse range of so called ‘black operations’ case studies in the context of national security, economic and corporate interests, which have culminated in the ultimate sanction – assassination. The course then moves on to examine the most prolific and persistent form of assassination – that of sustained death squad activity, with case studies of: Germany (Weimar Republic), Spain, Punjab, Kashmir, Argentina, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Uganda, Northern Ireland, Indonesia, East Timor, Philippines, Brazil, South Africa and Serbia.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

N/A

Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
09/26/11 - 02/26/12 03/05/12 - 04/29/12 Winter 2012 Session D - 8 Week session
10/31/11 - 03/25/12 04/02/12 - 05/27/12 Spring 2012 Session B - 8 Week session
11/28/11 - 04/29/12 05/07/12 - 07/01/12 Spring 2012 Session I - 8 Week session
12/26/11 - 05/27/12 06/04/12 - 07/29/12 Spring 2012 Session D - 8 Week session
01/30/12 - 06/24/12 07/02/12 - 08/26/12 Summer 2012 Session B - 8 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Targeted Killing: Self-Defense, Preemption, and the War on Terrorism
ISBN: 143925205X
Publication Info: BookSurge Publishing
Author: Thomas Hunter
Unit Cost: $12.00

Book Title: Moral Dilemmas of Modern War
ISBN: 0521685109
Publication Info: Cambridge University Press
Author: Gross, Michael L.
Unit Cost: $30.00

 
 
 

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