02877nam 2200565 450 991055425620332120230804174732.01-5017-6114-510.1515/9781501761164(CKB)5600000000014997(MiAaPQ)EBC6513156(OCoLC)1252920900(MdBmJHUP)musev2_94370(DE-B1597)583003(DE-B1597)9781501761164(StDuBDS)EDZ0002644002(EXLCZ)99560000000001499720211026e20222021 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCatastrophic success why foreign-imposed regime change goes wrong /Alexander B. Downes[electronic resource]Ithaca :Cornell University Press,2022.1 online resource (424 pages)Cornell studies in security affairsCornell scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2021.1-5017-6115-3 1-5017-6116-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Figures and Tables --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Introduction --1. Defining Foreign-Imposed Regime Change --2. Theorizing the Effects of Foreign-Imposed Regime Change --3. Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and Civil War --4. Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and the Survival of Leaders --5. Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and Interstate Relations --Conclusion --Notes --Works Cited --IndexAlexander B. Downes compiles all instances of regime change around the world over the past two centuries. Drawing on this impressive data set, Downes shows that regime change increases the likelihood of civil war and violent leader removal in target states and fails to reduce the probability of conflict between intervening states and their targets. As Downes demonstrates, when a state confronts an obstinate or dangerous adversary, the lure of toppling its government and establishing a friendly administration is strong. The historical record, however, shows that foreign-imposed regime change is, in the long term, neither cheap, easy, nor consistently successful.Cornell studies in security affairs.Cornell scholarship online.Regime changeIntervention (International law)International relationsRegime change.Intervention (International law)International relations.321.09Downes Alexander B.1969-1219602StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910554256203321Catastrophic Success2819993UNINA