Can I read Covert Regime Change : America's Secret Cold War on EtoBox?

Covert Regime Change : America's Secret Cold War by Lindsey A. O'Rourke is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Covert Regime Change : America's Secret Cold War about?

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’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

Who reads Covert Regime Change : America's Secret Cold War?

Author

Lindsey A. O'Rourke

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501730658

Category

nonfiction