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Alfred McCoy: CIA, US Foreign Policy Syllabi, Reading Lists

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON Department of History History 600/755: CIA Covert Warfare & U.S. Foreign Policy Spring 2015 Mr. McCoy I. COURSE REQUIREMENTS :- Course Description: Designed for students with background in U.S. diplomatic history and international studies, the course probes the dynamics of CIA covert wars through comparative case histories over the past 60 years. Sometimes these clandestine interventions have ended successfully from a U.S. perspective. But they have often left behind ruined battlegrounds that became geopolitical black holes of lasting international instability. After several sessions surveying the character of the CIA and its clandestine operations, the seminar will apply a case-study approach to covert wars in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America--including, the anti-Mossadeq coup in Iran, Lumumba’s murder in the Congo, and the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Reflecting the significance of Southeast Asia to CIA operations, the seminar will devote four sessions to this region, including the Huk communist revolt in the Philippines, destabilization of the Sukarno regime in Indonesia, counter-guerilla operations in South Vietnam, and the secret war in La

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