LEADER 03784nam 2200565 450 001 9910466627303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-3068-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501730689 035 $a(CKB)4100000007145312 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5598731 035 $a(OCoLC)1038041386 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse67696 035 $a(DE-B1597)503477 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501730689 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5598731 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007145312 100 $a20181226d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCovert regime change $eAmerica's secret Cold War /$fLindsey A. O'Rourke 210 1$aIthaca ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (329 pages) 225 1 $aCornell studies in security affairs 311 $a1-5017-3069-X 311 $a1-5017-3065-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aStates seldom resort to war to overthrow their adversaries. They are more likely to attempt to covertly change the opposing regime, by assassinating a foreign leader, sponsoring a coup d'état, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups.In Covert Regime Change, Lindsey A. O'Rourke shows us how states really act when trying to overthrow another state. She argues that conventional focus on overt cases misses the basic causes of regime change. O'Rourke provides substantive evidence of types of security interests that drive states to intervene. Offensive operations aim to overthrow a current military rival or break up a rival alliance. Preventive operations seek to stop a state from taking certain actions, such as joining a rival alliance, that may make them a future security threat. Hegemonic operations try to maintain a hierarchical relationship between the intervening state and the target government. Despite the prevalence of covert attempts at regime change, most operations fail to remain covert and spark blowback in unanticipated ways.Covert Regime Change assembles an original dataset of all American regime change operations during the Cold War. This fund of information shows the United States was ten times more likely to try covert rather than overt regime change during the Cold War. Her dataset allows O'Rourke to address three foundational questions: What motivates states to attempt foreign regime change? Why do states prefer to conduct these operations covertly rather than overtly? How successful are such missions in achieving their foreign policy goals? 410 0$aCornell studies in security affairs. 606 $aRegime change$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRegime change$vCase studies 606 $aCold War 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRegime change$xHistory 615 0$aRegime change 615 0$aCold War. 676 $a327.1273009/045 700 $aO'Rourke$b Lindsey A.$01048701 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466627303321 996 $aCovert regime change$92477152 997 $aUNINA