Abstract
The United States is a relatively young country. As a result of this basic fact, the United States has been forced to rapidly change and adapt to various aspects of statecraft that it may not have immense experience in. One of these areas is the idea of protecting state secrets. While spying and counter espionage have always been a part of the United States’ history perhaps the most well-known example of US espionage efforts was the almost five decade period of the Cold War. During this period, particularly the early 1950s and late 1940s, the United States entered a period of intense scrutiny of state secrets and the efforts made to protect them. Public events such as the Alger Hiss and Rosenberg Trials, and the CIA’s role within them had a profound impact on US culture. In this thesis I will examine the impact of the CIA’s efforts to prevent state secrets from being stolen by Communist agents in the United States and the profound impact this had on American culture.
Advisor
Hettinger,Madonna
Department
History
Recommended Citation
Huegel, Corwin H., "The CIA and the Culture of Espionage: How the CIA's Effort to Prevent Domestic Espionage Influenced American Culture" (2016). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 7071.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/7071
Disciplines
History | United States History
Keywords
CIA, domestic espionage, cultural impact
Publication Date
2016
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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