Covert Regime Change

America's Secret Cold War

Lindsey A. O'Rourke (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

330 Seiten

2018
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-3065-8 (ISBN)

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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’état, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups.In Covert Regime Change, Lindsey A. O’Rourke shows us how states really...

Lindsey A. O’Rourke is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Her research focuses on regime change, international security, and US foreign policy.

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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

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Erscheinungsdatum	02.11.2018
Reihe/Serie	Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Zusatzinfo	7 Charts
Verlagsort	Ithaca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	907 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-5017-3065-7 / 1501730657
ISBN-13	978-1-5017-3065-8 / 9781501730658
Zustand	Neuware