Coup d'État : : A Practical Handbook, Revised Edition / / Edward N. Luttwak.

Edward Luttwak’s shocking 1968 handbook showed, step-by-step, how governments could be overthrown and inspired anti-coup precautions around the world. In addition to these instructions, his revised handbook offers a new way of looking at political power—one that considers the vulnerability of stable...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (270 p.) :; 19 line illustrations, 23 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgment
  • Preface to the 2016 Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Foreword by Walter Laqueur (1978)
  • 1. What Is the Coup d’État?
  • 2. When Is a Coup d’État Possible?
  • 3. The Strategy of the Coup d’État
  • 4. The Planning of the Coup d’État
  • 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