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Every analyst stands on a foundation created by the long history of the profession, but few have studied the history carefully. Students will seek answers to timeless questions by exploring classic examples of intelligence gathering and analysis through the different periods of human history. Beginning with some classic, ancient examples, and working through the Middle Ages, students will note the advances to the profession during the Elizabethan period and consider how those forms of intelligence analysis have influenced current practices. From an American perspective, students will explore the intelligence activities during the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World Wars I and II, ending at the beginning of the modern era around 1950.