Covert regime change : America's secret Cold War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Rourke, Lindsey A. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.