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1. First Seminar: Monday, January 29^th

"Stooges or Spies? Mata Hari, Edith Cavell and World War I" Were they spies, or merely victims of paranoia? Examining material on both Mata Hari and Edith Cavell, come prepared to sit in judgement of these two alluring women. Additionally, you are encouraged to consider how the "Great War" impacted upon intelligence services and vice-versa.

Background Reading: Richelson, chapters 1-3

(Edith Cavell)

http://www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com/miss_edith_cavell.html

http://www.worldwar1.com/heritage/e_cavell.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/sister/nf_cavell.shtml

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nurses/cavell.htm

http://www.edithcavell.org.uk/

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWcavell.htm

http://www.sameshield.com/spies/cavell.html

http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/cavell.htm

http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.935&navId=00g002

http://www.netwrx1.com/CherryAmes/cavell.html (see links)

http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/edith_cavell.htm

http://www.bartleby.com/266/72.html

http://www.oldcity.org.uk/norwich/names/cavell.php

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nurses/cavell.htm

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Edith-Cavell

http://www.cathedral.org.uk/pages/html/edith.html

http://www.nurses.info/personalities_edith_cavell.htm (see links)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/commercial/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2002/08_august/edith_cavell.shtml

http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/C/EdithCavell.html

http://www.britainunlimited.com/Biogs/Cavell.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/cavell_zimmermann.htm

http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=e_cavell_webbcity

(Mata Hari)

http://www.crimelibrary.com/spies/mata_hari/

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/aia/cyberspokesman/99-07/history1.htm

http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/dutchhorizons/weeklyfeature/matahari_eng990228.html

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/spybook/spy/961113.html

http://www.fembio.org/women/mata-hari.shtml

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/venona/dece_hari.html

http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/matahari.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/01/99/wartime_spies/263437.stm

http://sc.essortment.com/whowasmatahar_rhrc.htm

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mata-Hari

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/M/MataH1ari.asp (see links)

http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/mata-hari/

http://www.e-motek.com/entertainment/gallery/matahari.htm (film)

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/mata-hari.htm

http://www.mummytombs.com/news/2000/7.matahari.htm

http://www.ezresult.com/article/Mata_Hari

http://www.skygaze.com/content/mysteries/MataHari.shtml

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,574775,00.html

http://hnn.us/comments/23133.html

http://www.sameshield.com/spies/hari.html

http://www.hornpipe.com/ba/ba3b.htm

2. Second Seminar: Monday, February 26^th

“The Darkest Side: Intelligence Services and Nazi Germany”

Examine one of the darkest chapters in the history of espionage and intelligence services. How did Nazi Germany’s secret police and security forces work? What were their strengths and weaknesses? Could their fanaticism and excesses be repeated today?

Background Reading: Richelson, chapters 5-7

Some websites:

http://www.fas.org/irp/world/germany/intro/index.html

https://www.mega.nu/ampp/routledge/intro.html#extracts (see links)

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nazi_police_state.htm (see links)

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERnazigermany.htm (see links)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany (see links)

http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/germany/hist-bkg.htm

http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/einsatzgruppen_case_index_page.htm

http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/

http://www.spymuseum.org/index.asp

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo

http://www.carpenoctem.tv/cons/german.html

http://cghs.dadeschools.net/holocaust/ss.htm

http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/wwii/

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq114-2.htm

http://www.patriot.dk/aryan1.html

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/mengele/index_1.html

http://www.museumofworldwarii.com/Tour.htm

http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/decwar/dwww12.htm

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/biographies/heydrich.htm

http://auschwitz.dk/Canaris/id2.htm

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Wilhelm-Canaris

http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/Gestapo.html

http://www.valourandhorror.com/DB/BACK/SS_bkgd.htm

http://www.ushmm.org/

http://christianactionforisrael.org/medigest/may00/arabnazi.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/01/99/wartime_spies/263333.stm

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2001/051601a.html

http://hitlernews.cloudworth.com/intelligence-spy-spies-espionage.php (see links)

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:D_LvoXmAEKAJ:www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/spyring/spyring.htm+nazi+and+spy+and+intelligence&hl=en

http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/cia-.htm

http://www.germannotes.com/hist_ww2.shtml

http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,345720,00.html

3. Third Seminar: Monday, March 19^th

“The Communist Witch-Hunt: Alger Hiss, the Rosenbergs, and McCarthyism in America”

Guilty or innocent? Examine the Hiss and Rosenberg trials and come prepared to debate these famous spy cases. Additionally, examine how these and other cases influenced, or were shaped by, the McCarthy era hysteria.

Background Reading: Richelson, chapter 13

Some web sites:

(Alger Hiss)

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/

http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/Roberts.pdf

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhiss.htm

http://web.archive.org/web/20050320210136/http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/DB/Issues/95/10.31/view.hiss.html

http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/hiss-chambers-nyt.html

http://www.webcom.com/~lpease/collections/disputes/hiss.htm

http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/hiss/1.html

http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/ecp/10/214/html/00010016.html (see links)

http://www.jhu.edu/~newslett/11-22-96/News/Alger_Hiss._JHU_alumnus_and_accused_spy._dies_at_92.html

http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Hiss

http://web.archive.org/web/20060210181706/http://history1900s.about.com/library/prm/blalgerhiss1.htm?terms=Alger+Hiss

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/hiss.html

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/hisslinks.html (see links)

http://www.earthstation1.com/Alger_Hiss.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/venona/dece_hiss.html

http://history.surfwax.com/files/Alger_Hiss_America.html

http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/hiss/12.html?sect=23

http://intellit.muskingum.edu/spycases_folder/hiss.html

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/hiss-chambers-nyt.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823808.html

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=496

(the Rosenbergs)

http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/rosenberg/7.html?sect=23

http://www.orwelltoday.com/stalinspies.shtml

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/spies1.html

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ethel-and-Julius-Rosenberg

http://1st-spot.net/topic_spying.html (see links)

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/jun2003/rose-j19.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20060112032429/http://www.nyhistory.org/rosenberg/social.html

http://www.cicentre.com/BK/BOOKS_Recent.htm

http://www.pbs.org/redfiles/kgb/deep/kgb_deep_bios_detail.htm

http://web.archive.org/web/20031212041120/http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/vol47no3/article07.html

http://ns.headroyce.org/~us2001/angelac/printversion.html

http://www.studyworld.com/Rosenberg_Espionage_Case.htm

http://www.webcom.com/~lpease/collections/disputes/promise.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1180479.stm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/venona/resources.html

http://intellit.muskingum.edu/spycases_folder/spycasesustoc.html

http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/rosenbergs.html (see links)

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/rosenb/ROSENB.HTM

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/spies1.html

http://clark.cam.muskingum.edu/spycases_folder/bomb_folder/bombrosenbergs.html

http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/atom/atom.htm

http://www.ncs.pvt.k12.va.us/ryerbury/2ros/2ros.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_and_Julius_Rosenberg

http://web.archive.org/web/20050829143700/http://www.cjh.org/about/Forward/view_Forward.cfm?Forwardid=14

http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/sterrett/040617

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/20/1055828486149.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/22020/data/rosenbergs/rosen1.html

(McCarthy and McCarthyism)

http://dim.com/~randl/mccart.htm

http://web.archive.org/web/20060427065941/http://mccarthy.cjb.net/

http://www.foxvalleyhistory.org/mccarthy/

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/60.htm

http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/mccarthy-bio.html

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1996/vo12no18/vo12no18_mccarthy.htm

http://www.earthstation1.com/Joseph_McCarthy.html

http://www.angelfire.com/super/skapunkfiles/jmfc.html

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/westspringfieldhs/academic/english/1project/crucible/mccarthy.htm

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/joemccarthy/ (see links)

http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2000/january_2000_5.html

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456/

http://www.socialsciencesweb.com/Joseph_McCarthy_Reexamining_the_Life_and_Legacy_of_Americas_Most_Hated_Senator_0684836254.html

http://web.archive.org/web/20060423132247/http://history.acusd.edu/gen/20th/coldwarspies.html

http://members.aol.com/matrixwerx/glbthistory/mccarthyism.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/mccarthyism.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthyism.htm (see links)

http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Dl/McCarthy/Mccarthydocuments.html (see links)

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0830834.html

http://www.ralphmag.org/CQ/reds.html

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/mccarthy/mccarthy.htm (see links)

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/Red_Scare/McCarthyism/McCarthy__Joseph__1908_1957_/ (see links)

http://www.evesmag.com/murrow.htm

http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/2010/mccarthy.htm

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/mccarthy-bio.html

http://ourworld.cs.com/mikegriffith1/mccarthy.htm (see links)

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/progjfk2.htm

http://nchs.ucla.edu/NH185-preview.pdf

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehsuite/guides/mccarthyism.html (see links)

http://www.learnhistory.org.uk/usa/mccarthy.htm

4. Fourth Seminar: Monday, April 9^th

“Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism”

In the face of global terrorism, we now face what many experts think is the greatest challenge that intelligence services have ever confronted. Your task is to examine how terrorist organisations work: how they are structured and how they operate. You are also required to examine how counter-terrorism operations work. What measures should be taken in combating terrorism? How far should a government go in protecting its people? If you are so inclined, you are free to “create” a network on either side. However, you MUST be extremely careful. Avoid creating any organisations, characters or causes that mimic real events or issues. Please keep in mind the political, religious, ethnic, racial, and ideological sensitivity of others, especially in light of recent and current events. There is a wealth of web, television, and print information available on terrorism, but don’t forget to consider the legal, social, and ethical dimensions of these questions. It is highly recommended that in addition to these sites, you search for information and discussion on the pros and cons of anti-terror legislation, the “war on terror” and like matters.

Background Reading: Richelson, chapter 26

Some websites:

http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/sseal/terror.htm

http://www.ncpa.org/iss/ter/orgs.html

http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/tergps/tg98tc.htm

http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/tgpndx.htm

http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/terrorist-groups-pr.cfm

http://www.ict.org.il/inter_ter/org.cfm

http://killeenroos.com/link/terror.htm

http://www.terrorism.com (see links)

http://cfrterrorism.org/terrorism/

http://www.terrorism-research.com/

http://www.terrorismfiles.org/encyclopaedia/terrorism.html

http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/terror.htm

http://www.serendipity.li/cia/cia_terr.html

http://www.iwar.org.uk/cyberterror/resources/threat-assessment/pj63fto.htm

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/

http://www.emergency.com/cntrterr.htm

http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/committees/1373/

http://www.unodc.org/unodc/terrorism.html

http://www.llnl.gov/str/Imbro.html

http://www.disastercenter.com/terror.htm

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Types_of_Crime/Terrorism/September_11th_Attacks/Conspiracy_Theories__Hoaxes__and_Urban_Legends (see links)

http://www.911truth.org (see links)

http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/counterrorism/waronterrorhome.htm

http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/

http://www.csis.org/

http://web.archive.org/web/20040914004629/http://www.canada.com/national/features/attack/index.html

http://web.archive.org/web/20041212093706/http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue7_4/krebs/

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/usterror.html (see links)

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/terrorism/terrorism.html (see links)

http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/po841.htm

http://www.nique.net/issues/2001-09-21/opinions/3

http://cfrterrorism.org/home/

http://web.archive.org/web/20060520153617/http://terrorism.net/

http://web.archive.org/web/20060427193458/http://cia.gov/terrorism/ (see links)

http://www.ready.gov/ (see links)

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/terrorism.htm (see links)

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/

http://www.mipt.org/ (see links)

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/usterror.html (see links)

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/terrorism/index_e.htm

http://canada.gc.ca/SSC/diplomatic-us_e.html (see links)

http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/news/terrorism/index_en.htm (see links)

http://www.satp.org/ (see links)

http://web.archive.org/web/20060424063401/http://www.fbi.gov/publications/terror/terroris.htm (see links)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/nationalsecurity/index.html

Some Additional, General Web-Sources

Listed below are some interesting and potentially useful intelligence-oriented websites posted by governments and academic organisations. Most are based in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. These can be consulted for the seminars, your essay, or just for interest. Please note that this list is by no means exhaustive, and does not represent a personal endorsement of any sort. For infinitely better print material sources, please feel free to contact Dr. Kislenko or the teaching assistants. We maintain a large inventory of good research sources in this field. Please let us know of any web sites or books you would recommend.

www.fas.org/index.html (Federation of American Scientists)

www.casis.ca (Canadian Association of Security and Intelligence Studies)

www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ (U.S. National Security Archive)

www.spymuseum.org

www.cia.gov (CIA)

www.nsa.gov (NSA)

www.defenselink.mil/

www.state.gov/

www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/ (CSIS)

www.dnd.ca/ (Canadian Department of National Defence)

www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/ (Canadian External Affairs Ministry)

www.cic.gc.ca (Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Department)