Coup D&Apos État: A Practical Handbook Revised Edition Edward N Luttwak Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Politics - Current

Coup D’état Astonished Readers When It First Appeared In 1968 Because Showed Step By How Governments Could Be Overthrown Translated Into Sixteen Languages Has Inspired Anti-Coup Precautions Regimes Around The World 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 Vulnerability Coups Even Most Stable Democracies Event Prolonged Economic Distress Changed Dramatically Past Half Century But Not Essence Still Requires Secret Recruitment Military Officers Who Command Loyalty Units Well Placed Seize Important Headquarters And Key Hubs Capital City Support Armed Forces As A Whole Is Needed Only Aftermath Avoid Countercoups Mass Largely Irrelevant Although Passive Acceptance Essential Ensure Violence Must Kept Minimum Ideal Swift Bloodless Very Violent Rarely Succeed If They Trigger Bloody Civil War Fail Utterly Luttwak Identifies Conditions Make Countries Vulnerable He Outlines Necessary Stages Planning From Coconspirators Postcoup Promises Progress Stability Much More Broadly His Investigation Coups—Updated Twenty-First Century—Uncovers Truths About Nature Power Σελίδες: 304 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0411 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm