This module examines the use of intelligence for strategic purposes in war. It is broken down into two main sections. First, students look at the main methodologies employed by intelligence agencies alongside the various kinds of analysis and reporting structures that can be employed. Students are given a grounding in the subject matter and the terms and methodologies of intelligence in this first section before moving into a series of case studies where the use of intelligence is applied. The theme of armed conflict is used to identify relevant case studies in the second half and important examples of both collection and analysis are used alongside, importantly discussion of application and ultimately debate upon its effect.

1,000 word Research Paper 25% [Learning Outcomes 2 and 3]
2,500 word Essay 75%[Learning Outcomes 1-4]

Key Information Set Data:
100% Coursework

Context is provided in weekly in lectures, detailed analysis in mandatory weekly readings (including important primary and declassified sources) is an important part of discussion sessions held in weekly seminars where students can engage with and share their own ideas and thoughts. Student research presentations in class time prepare students for the Research Paper assessment. Discussion and debate in class time into both specific details of how intelligence was employed in certain situations and how it was analysed in others, provides students with the formative tools so that critical and comparative analysis can then be deployed in the critical analysis components of the main essay.

1. DEMONSTRATE DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF THE USE OF INTELLIGENCE IN VARIOUS TYPES OF ARMED CONFLICT IN MODERN WORLD HISTORY.

Knowledge and Understanding

2. CONDUCT FURTHER RESEARCH INTO MISSING ELEMENTS OF OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE IN ARMED CONFLICTS.

Enquiry

3. UNDERSTAND CRITICALLY BOTH THE STRATEGIC BENEFITS AS WELL AS THE LIMITATIONS OF THE USE OF INTELLIGENCE IN ARMED CONFLICT.

Analysis

4. PROVIDE WELL RESEARCHED PIECES OF WORK IN AN APPROPRIATE ACADEMIC STYLE.

Communication

Teaching space with digital projection, library and electronic resources, journal subscriptions, eBooks, etc.

Lowenthal, M., Intelligence: from secrets to policy 8th edition (SAGE, 2020)
Aldrich, R., Andrew, C., Wark, W. (Eds.), Secret Intelligence: A Reader 2nd edition (Routledge,2020)
Dover, R., Goodman, M., (Eds.), Learning from the Secret Past: Cases in British Intelligence History (Georgetown University Press, 2011)

Andrew, C., The Secret World: a history of intelligence (Allen Lane, 2018)

Intelligence and National Security, Taylor and Francis, (Journal)

Defence Studies, Taylor and Francis (Journal)