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Author O'Rourke, Lindsey A., author

Title Covert regime change : America's secret Cold War / Lindsey A. O'Rourke
Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cornell studies in security affairs
Cornell studies in security affairs.
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
Summary "This study is the first to systematically assemble an original dataset of all American regime change operations during the Cold War. The United States attempted more than 10 times more covert than overt regime changes. The author asks three questions: What motivates states to attempt foreign regime changes? Why do states prefer to conduct these operations covertly, as opposed to overtly? How successful are these missions in achieving their foreign policy goals?"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis regime change, covert operations, spies, CIA, Cold War, security studies, international relations, security affairs, secrecy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Regime change -- History -- 20th century
Regime change -- Case studies
Cold War.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Diplomatic relations
Regime change
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
Subject United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018025454
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