Book "Covert Regime Change: Americans Secret Cold War"
by Lindsay A. O'Roque
64 regime changes between 1947-1989. How many more since then?
From the statement at Cornell University Press.
"In the book, O’Rourke explores the differences between overt and covert regime change, and argues that conventional focus on overt cases misses the basic …
Book "Covert Regime Change: Americans Secret Cold War"
by Lindsay A. O'Roque
64 regime changes between 1947-1989. How many more since then?
From the statement at Cornell University Press.
"In the book, O’Rourke explores the differences between overt and covert regime change, and argues that conventional focus on overt cases misses the basic causes of regime change. To illustrate her point, she examines the 64 times the U.S. attempted covert regime change—mostly through covert means—between 1947-89, the period encompassing the Cold War era.
U.S. covert operations during the Cold War were unsuccessful more than 60 percent of the time and most failed to remain covert, often resulting in unforeseen, and disastrous, consequences, according to O’Rourke, who found that states targeted for regime change were more likely to experience civil war in the 10 years following intervention."
Book "Covert Regime Change: Americans Secret Cold War"
by Lindsay A. O'Roque
64 regime changes between 1947-1989. How many more since then?
From the statement at Cornell University Press.
"In the book, O’Rourke explores the differences between overt and covert regime change, and argues that conventional focus on overt cases misses the basic causes of regime change. To illustrate her point, she examines the 64 times the U.S. attempted covert regime change—mostly through covert means—between 1947-89, the period encompassing the Cold War era.
U.S. covert operations during the Cold War were unsuccessful more than 60 percent of the time and most failed to remain covert, often resulting in unforeseen, and disastrous, consequences, according to O’Rourke, who found that states targeted for regime change were more likely to experience civil war in the 10 years following intervention."