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- 2016-04-28
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- EAN
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- Book Title
- Coup D'etat : a Practical Handbook, Revised Edition
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Topic
- Political Process / General, Military / Strategy, History & Theory
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- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 9.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 302 Pages
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Coup d'État astonished readers when it first appeared in 1968 because it showed, step by step, how governments could be overthrown. Translated into sixteen languages, it has inspired anti-coup precautions by regimes around the world. In addition to these detailed instructions, Edward Luttwak's revised handbook offers an altogether new way of looking at political power--one that considers, for example, the vulnerability to coups of even the most stable democracies in the event of prolonged economic distress. The world has changed dramatically in the past half century, but not the essence of the coup d'état. It still requires the secret recruitment of military officers who command the loyalty of units well placed to seize important headquarters and key hubs in the capital city. The support of the armed forces as a whole is needed only in the aftermath, to avoid countercoups. And mass support is largely irrelevant, although passive acceptance is essential. To ensure it, violence must be kept to a minimum. The ideal coup is swift and bloodless. Very violent coups rarely succeed, and if they trigger a bloody civil war they fail utterly. Luttwak identifies conditions that make countries vulnerable to a coup, and he outlines the necessary stages of planning, from recruitment of coconspirators to postcoup promises of progress and stability. But much more broadly, his investigation of coups--updated for the twenty-first century--uncovers important truths about the nature of political power.
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Harvard University Press
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0674737261
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9780674737266
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Book Title
Coup D'etat : a Practical Handbook, Revised Edition
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Political Process / General, Military / Strategy, History & Theory
Publication Year
2016
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
302 Pages
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Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
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Jc494.L88 2016
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Revised Edition
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2
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Additions bringing this work into the twenty-first century include Luttwak'e(tm)s observations about how coup plotters in the age of the internet must now take control of more than the central television station to control public propaganda'e¦ It offers as much wisdom on the counter-coup as on the coup itself'e¦ It remains in print more than forty years after it was written and still commands sales. The reason may be that it is a good read: wry, observant and practical., Additions bringing this work into the twenty-first century include Luttwak's observations about how coup plotters in the age of the internet must now take control of more than the central television station to control public propaganda... It offers as much wisdom on the counter-coup as on the coup itself... It remains in print more than forty years after it was written and still commands sales. The reason may be that it is a good read: wry, observant and practical., Additions bringing this work into the twenty-first century include Luttwak'e(tm)s observations about how coup plotters in the age of the internet must now take control of more than the central television station to control public propaganda'e¦It offers as much wisdom on the counter-coup as on the coup itself'e¦It remains in print more than forty years after it was written and still commands sales. The reason may be that it is a good read: wry, observant and practical., Additions bringing this work into the twenty-first century include Luttwak's observations about how coup plotters in the age of the internet must now take control of more than the central television station to control public propaganda... It offers as much wisdom on the counter-coup as on the coup itself... It remains in print more than forty years after it was written and still commands sales. The reason may be that it is a good read: wry, observant and practical. -- Charles Glass Times Literary Supplement
Table of Content
Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgment Preface to the 2016 Edition Preface to the First Edition Foreword by Walter Laqueur (1978) Chapter 1. What Is the Coup d'État? Chapter 2. When Is a Coup d'État Possible? Chapter 3. The Strategy of the Coup d'État Chapter 4. The Planning of the Coup d'État Chapter 5. The Execution of the Coup d'État Appendix A. The Economics of Repression Appendix B. Tactical Aspects of the Coup d'État Appendix C. Statistics Index
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