Covert regime change : America's secret Cold War / / Lindsey A. O'Rourke [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: O'Rourke Lindsey A.
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 pages)
• Disciplina: 327.1273009/045
• Soggetto topico: Regime change - History - 20th century; Cold War
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations 1945-1989
• Note generali: Also issued in print: 2018.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Covert regime change
• ISBN: 1-5017-6173-0; 1-5017-3068-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819770903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cornell studies in security affairs.; Cornell scholarship online.