HIS343Y1 Lecture Notes - Sun Tzu, Historicity Of Homer, Leading Edge
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4 weeks until first assignment (start this weekend) look at topics in library, find relevant books. Use syllabus as a guide and start some advanced reading. Clarification of what is espionage, intelligence or spy is needed. There are ways in which pop. culture has painted the picture of espionage but it is not very relevant to the study itself. Have to distinguish espionage from other areas both practical and theoretical. People tend to think they know the answer but they are wrong. The paradox is that at first glance, intelligence would appear to be a very old and long established tactic of statecraft. Up until 1900, the practice of espionage or intelligence gathering is never permanent. Second distinguishing feature is that after 1900 something else happens that doesn"t happen in historical records before: idea of a profession of intelligence as a specialization. + idea of mystique of spying or of the profession of spying.
