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Covert regime change : America's secret Cold War
Title
Covert regime change : America's secret Cold War / Lindsey A. O'Rourke.
ISBN
9781501730658
1501730657
Publication
Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Copyright Notice Date
©2018
Physical Description
xiv, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"This study is the first to systematically assemble an original dataset of all American regime change operations during the Cold War. The United States attempted more than 10 times more covert than overt regime changes. The author asks three questions: What motivates states to attempt foreign regime changes? Why do states prefer to conduct these operations covertly, as opposed to overtly? How successful are these missions in achieving their foreign policy goals?"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: O'Rourke, Lindsey A. Covert regime change. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 01, 2019
Series
Cornell studies in security affairs
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The false promise of covert regime change
Causes : why do states launch regime changes?
Conduct : why do states intervene covertly versus overtly?
Consequences : how effective are covert regime changes?
Overview of U.S.-backed regime changes during the Cold War
Fostering communist heresy in Eastern Europe
Containment, coup d'etat and the covert war in Vietnam
Dictators and democrats in the Dominican Republic
Covert regime change after the Cold War.
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