Insurgencies have been a feature of conflict for millenia. The United States military has been involved in counterinsurgency operations at many times during the history of our nation -- and has been continuously engaged in counterinsurgency operations for nearly a decade in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Philippines, the Horn of Africa, the Maghreb region of Africa, and Latin America. Insurgency has historically been the preferred means employed by weaker adversaries against stronger governments, and U.S. and allied military forces will continue to engage in counterinsurgency operations throughout the rest of this century. In December 2006, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps concluded a lengthy period of study with the publication of the first update to American counterinsurgency doctrine in more than twenty years. The primacy of intelligence in successful counterinsurgency campaigns is emphasized -- "the success or failure of the mission depends on the effectiveness of the intelligence effort." This elective course will examine contemporary U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine and then look at a series of successful counterinsurgency campaigns (over the past 50 years) from a wide variety of countries, with the goal of preparing national security professionals -- military and civilian -- to understand the critical role that intelligence played in such campaigns, and how this tool can best be utilized. Students will present a case study of the role of intelligence in one of the counterinsurgency strategies.