02829nam 2200577 450 991079339650332120200520144314.01-5017-6173-01-5017-3068-110.7591/9781501730689(CKB)4100000007145312(MiAaPQ)EBC5598731(OCoLC)1038041386(MdBmJHUP)muse67696(DE-B1597)503477(DE-B1597)9781501730689(Au-PeEL)EBL5598731(StDuBDS)EDZ0002656150(EXLCZ)99410000000714531220211122d2018 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCovert regime change America's secret Cold War /Lindsey A. O'Rourke[electronic resource]Ithaca :Cornell University Press,2018.1 online resource (329 pages)Cornell studies in security affairsCornell scholarship onlineAlso issued in print: 2018.1-5017-3069-X 1-5017-3065-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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'tat, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups.In 'Covert Regime Change', Lindsey A. O'Rourke shows us how states really act when trying to overthrow another state. She argues that conventional focus on overt cases misses the basic causes of regime change. O'Rourke provides substantive evidence of types of security interests that drive states to intervene.Cornell studies in security affairs.Cornell scholarship online.Regime changeHistory20th centuryCold WarUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989Regime changeHistoryCold War.327.1273009/045O'Rourke Lindsey A.1505602StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910793396503321Covert regime change3735261UNINA