WILLIAM JAMES DAUGHERTY
 
BIO
Dr. Daugherty joined the faculty of AASU in September 1996, after having served for more than seventeen years in the Central Intelligence Agency
as an operations officer. His last assignment was in the area of covert action policy and included serving as CIA liaison officer to the
National Security Council staff. Dr. Daugherty served eight years in the United States Marine Corps, including a tour in Vietnam. He holds a
BA in Social Sciences from the University of California-Irvine and a Ph.D. in government from the Claremont Graduate School,
with a specialization in Constitutional Law and American Foreign Policy.
Proposed Couses for 2008

 

SPRING 2008
POLS 2100 (Intro--2 Sections)
POLS 3290 (Con. Law of Foreign Policy)
POLS 3420 (Govts of Middle East)

SUMMER 2008
POLS 3XXX (new couse to be developed based on The Consitution and
Military Law)
POLS 5270U (Intelligence and National Security)

FALL 2008
POLS 2100 (Intro -- 2 sections)
POLS 3160 (Judicial Politics & Strategies)
POLS 4290 (American Foreign Policy)

 

COURSES TAUGHT

>> INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE -- POLS 2200
>> JUDICIAL POLITICS AND STRATEGIES -- POLS 3160
>> POLITICS OF THE VIETNAM WAR -- POLS 3990
>> CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY -- POLS 5230
>> INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY -- POLS 5270U ***POLS 5270 Paper Guidance
>> AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY -- POLS 5290 *** POLS 5290 Paper Guidance
>> POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST -- POLS 5420 *** POLS 5420 Paper Guidance
 
PUBLICATIONS-JOURNAL ARTICLES
"A First Tour Like No Other," Studies in Intelligence, Center for the Study of Intelligence, Spring 1998 (unclassified version).
 
"Behind the Intelligence Failure in Iran," 14 International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 4, (Winter 2001-2002).

 

"Truman's Iranian Policy, 1945-1953: The Soviet Calculus," 15 International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 4, (Winter 2002-2003).

 

"Jimmy Carter and the 1979 Decision to Admit the Shah in the United States," American Diplomacy, 16 March 2003.

 

"Approval and Review of Covert Action Programs Since Reagan," 17 International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 1 (Spring 2004).
 
PUBLICATIONS-BOOKS
In the Shadow of the Ayatollah: A CIA Hostage in Iran. Annapolis: US Naval Institute Press, 2001.
 
Executive Secrets: Covert action and the Presidency, Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2004. This book won the prestigious
Paolucci-Bagehot award from the International Studies Institute for 2005.
 
PUBLICATIONS-BOOK CHAPTERS
“Political Action as a Tool of Presidential Statecraft,” in Strategic Intelligence: Intelligence and the Quest for Security Series (vol. 3), Loch K. Johnson (ed.), (Westport, CT: 2007).
 
“The Role of Covert Action,” in Handbook of Intelligence Studies, Loch K. Johnson (ed.), (New York: Routledge, 2006).
“Covert Action: Strengths and Weaknesses,” Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence, Loch K. Johnson (ed.), (New York: Oxford University, 2009) forthcoming.
 
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
October 1998: paper presented to Southern Political Science Association meeting, Atlanta, GA; "The War Powers Act of 1973: The Clinton Deconstruction," co-authored with John Kearnes, PhD, Armstrong Atlantic State University.
 
31 January 2003: paper presented to the Georgia Political Science Association; "Carter's Decision to Admit the Shah of Iran into the United States."
 
February 28, 2003: Paper presented at the 2003 Annual Woodrow Wilson Symposium (War and Peace: Policies of Presidentail Nobel Prize Winners), Augusta GA; "Carter's Reliance on Covert Action: Realism Trumps Moralism."
 
"Jimmy Carter's Covert Action Policies," Annual Woodrow Wilson Symposium sponsored by the Augusta Historical Society, Augusta Georgia, 28 February 2003.
 
HONORS
State Department Medal of Valor (State's highest), CIA Exceptional Service Medal,
Foreign Service Association's W. Averell Harriman Award, CIA Exceptional Performance Award (2),
Claremont Colleges Man of the Year 1981; charter inductee member of the Claremont Graduate
School Hall of Fame Intercollegiate Studies Institute Paolucci/Bagehot Award for best book, 2004.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Association of Former Intelligence Officers (life); United States Naval Institute (life); Naval History Association; Marine Corps Association;
Academy of Political Science
 
Professional and Professionally-Related Activities (1996-present): Served as a consultant for ABC News/Peter Jennings on Iran; appearances
on national and local TV news programs on issues of national and foreign affairs, including Fox News Channel, CNN, and National Public Radio; appear frequently as a guest editorialist and commentator for the Savannah Morning News; on-camera appearances in documentaries for National Geographic, Towers Productions, Wild Eyes Productions and Release Pictures; guest speaker or panel member for various academic, service, and community organizations and events.