CHST 540 - The Chang School - Ryerson University

Arts DivisionThe G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing EducationRyerson UniversitySAMPLE COURSE OUTLINECHST 540: Espionage: A 20th Century HistoryAvailability: Spring – May 05 – Jun 16Summer Jun 25 – Aug 06Course Information:Accreditation:Espionage may be seen by many largely in terms of popular novels but, in fact ithas played a major role in international relations, particularly in this century. Thecourse covers the evolution of espionage from the 19 th century through the twoworld wars and the Cold War. Particular attention is also paid to the history ofespionage in Canada and to its portrayal in fiction.(UL) Upper Level Liberal Studies.An equivalent course, COCR 939, is offered by Distance Education (seecalendar)Note: Students registered in a Ryerson program or intending to register in aprogram should examine their program’s curriculum and the Ryerson calendarcarefully. To graduate from a program, students require a number of liberalstudies credits as well as professional and professionally related credits. Ryersoncourses are correspondingly designated professional, professionally-related orliberal studies. The liberal studies courses are further divided into lower-level(normally for first and second year credit) and upper-level (normally for third andfourth year credit) courses. You may not use a professionally-related psychologycourse for a liberal studies credit or vice versa, nor may you use a lower-levelliberal studies course for upper-level liberal studies credit.For more information contact the Department of History. It is the student’sresponsibility to know and adhere to all departmental and university policies, andalso to make all arrangements for maintaining proper registration in this course.Please read the Ryerson calendar carefully.Course Instructor(s)Academic Coordinator:Required Reading:Optional Reading:(Available in Ryerson Bookstore)Course Reading KitWilliam R. Keylor. The Twentieth Century World (2 nd or 3 rd Edition)Course Topics: I The Birth of Modern Espionage(Readings: Christopher Andrews, “Spies and Spy Scares”II Espionage in War and Peace 1914-1939(Readings: Chrstopher Andrew, “Secret Intelligence and British ForeignPolicy 1900-1939”Christopher Andrew and Oleg Gordievsky “Stalin and Spy Mania”)

III Tragedy and Triumph in World War II(Readings: James Barros and Richard Gregor, “To the Bitter End”R.H. Hinsley, “Introduction: The influence of Ultra in the Second WorldWar”David Kahn, “The Intelligence Failure of Pearl Harbour”)IV America: From Pearl Harbour to the CIA(Readings: Ronald Lewin, “A Plan Called MO and a Plan Called MI”“The Mastiffs and the Spaniel”John Prados, “Hungry Ghosts”G.J.A. O’Toole, “From OSS to Central Intelligence”)V The KGB and Cold War Espionage(Readings: Christopher Andrew and Oleg Gordievsky, “ The Cold War”Robert Benson and Michael Warner, “Preface”)VI The CIA Covert Operations and Cuba(Readings: Charles Ameringer, “Cuba”David Welch, “Intelligence Assessment in the Cuban Missile Crisis”)VII The Popular Culture of Espionage(Readings: Wesley Wark, “Introduction: Fictions of History”Christine Bold, “Under the Very Skirts of Britannia”)VIII Canada and Espionage 1864-1939(Readings: Wesley Wark, “Security Intelligence in Canada, 1864-1945”)IX Canada and Espionage During World War II(Readings: J.L. Granatstein and David Stafford, “Joining the Ranks”)X Of Moles and Men: Espionage, Canada and the Cold War(Readings: J.L. Granatstein and David Stafford, “Mountins out ofMolehills”)James Littleton, “Canada and the Western Intelligence Community”XI The Intelligence Revolution and the Future(Readings: Wesley War, “The Intelligence Revolution and the Future”)Assignments & Exams Term Test = 20% - Essay = 40% - Exam = 40%NOTE: Planned alterations in the list of course assignments, tests, approximatedeadlines and in the marking or evaluation scheme, as they appear in the courseoutline shall be discussed in class prior to being implemented.CHST 540: Espionage: A 20 th -Century History / 2