Lindsey A. O'Rourke

Covert Regime Change

America's Secret Cold War

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Produktbeschreibung

States seldom resort to war to overthrow their adversaries. They are more likely to attempt to covertly change the opposing regime, by assassinating a foreign leader, sponsoring a coup d'etat, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups.In Covert Regime Change, Lindsey A. O'Rourke shows us how states really...

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Produktdetails

• Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 163mm x 238mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9781501730658
• Artikelnr.: 51990577

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
1. The False Promise of Covert Regime Change
2. Causes: Why Do States Launch Regime Changes?
3. Conduct: Why Do States Intervene Covertly versus Overtly?
4. Consequences: How Effective Are Covert Regime Changes?
5. Overview of U.S.-backed Regime Changes during the Cold War
6. Rolling Back the Iron Curtain
7. Containment, Coup d'état and the Covert War in Vietnam
8. Dictators and Democrats in the Dominican Republic
9. Covert Regime Change after the Cold War
Notes
Index