Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War
States seldom resort to war to overthrow their adversaries. They are more likely to attempt to covertly change the opposing regime, by assassinating a foreign leader, sponsoring a coup d’état, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups.In Covert Regime Change, Lin...
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Zusammenfassung: | States seldom resort to war to overthrow their adversaries. They are more likely to attempt to covertly change the opposing regime, by assassinating a foreign leader, sponsoring a coup d’état, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups.In Covert Regime Change, Lindsey A. O’Rourke shows us how states really act when trying to overthrow another state. She argues that conventional focus on overt cases misses the basic causes of regime change. O’Rourke provides substantive evidence of types of security interests that drive states to intervene. Offensive operations aim to overthrow a current military rival or break up a rival alliance. Preventive operations seek to stop a state from taking certain actions, such as joining a rival alliance, that may make them a future security threat. Hegemonic operations try to maintain a hierarchical relationship between the intervening state and the target government. Despite the prevalence of covert attempts at regime change, most operations fail to remain covert and spark blowback in unanticipated ways.Covert Regime Change assembles an original dataset of all American regime change operations during the Cold War. This fund of information shows the United States was ten times more likely to try covert rather than overt regime change during the Cold War. Her dataset allows O’Rourke to address three foundational questions: What motivates states to attempt foreign regime change? Why do states prefer to conduct these operations covertly rather than overtly? How successful are such missions in achieving their foreign policy goals? |
Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Dez 2018) |
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spelling | O'Rourke, Lindsey A. Verfasser aut Covert Regime Change America's Secret Cold War Lindsey A. O'Rourke Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press [2018] © 2018 1 online resource 7 charts txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Dez 2018) States seldom resort to war to overthrow their adversaries. They are more likely to attempt to covertly change the opposing regime, by assassinating a foreign leader, sponsoring a coup d’état, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups.In Covert Regime Change, Lindsey A. O’Rourke shows us how states really act when trying to overthrow another state. She argues that conventional focus on overt cases misses the basic causes of regime change. O’Rourke provides substantive evidence of types of security interests that drive states to intervene. Offensive operations aim to overthrow a current military rival or break up a rival alliance. Preventive operations seek to stop a state from taking certain actions, such as joining a rival alliance, that may make them a future security threat. Hegemonic operations try to maintain a hierarchical relationship between the intervening state and the target government. Despite the prevalence of covert attempts at regime change, most operations fail to remain covert and spark blowback in unanticipated ways.Covert Regime Change assembles an original dataset of all American regime change operations during the Cold War. This fund of information shows the United States was ten times more likely to try covert rather than overt regime change during the Cold War. Her dataset allows O’Rourke to address three foundational questions: What motivates states to attempt foreign regime change? Why do states prefer to conduct these operations covertly rather than overtly? How successful are such missions in achieving their foreign policy goals? In English Geschichte gnd rswk-swf CIA. Cold War covert operations international relations regime change secrecy security affairs security studies spies Regime change Case studies Regime change History 20th century Ost-West-Konflikt (DE-588)4075770-5 gnd rswk-swf Geheimdienst (DE-588)4019737-2 gnd rswk-swf Regierungswechsel (DE-588)4136252-4 gnd rswk-swf Außenpolitik (DE-588)4003846-4 gnd rswk-swf Geheimunternehmen (DE-588)4456601-3 gnd rswk-swf Operation Militär (DE-588)4203217-9 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Außenpolitik (DE-588)4003846-4 s Geheimdienst (DE-588)4019737-2 s Ost-West-Konflikt (DE-588)4075770-5 s Regierungswechsel (DE-588)4136252-4 s Geheimunternehmen (DE-588)4456601-3 s Operation Militär (DE-588)4203217-9 s Geschichte z 1\p DE-604 https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501730689 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
spellingShingle | O'Rourke, Lindsey A. Covert Regime Change America's Secret Cold War CIA. Cold War covert operations international relations regime change secrecy security affairs security studies spies Regime change Case studies Regime change History 20th century Ost-West-Konflikt (DE-588)4075770-5 gnd Geheimdienst (DE-588)4019737-2 gnd Regierungswechsel (DE-588)4136252-4 gnd Außenpolitik (DE-588)4003846-4 gnd Geheimunternehmen (DE-588)4456601-3 gnd Operation Militär (DE-588)4203217-9 gnd |
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title | Covert Regime Change America's Secret Cold War |
title_auth | Covert Regime Change America's Secret Cold War |
title_exact_search | Covert Regime Change America's Secret Cold War |
title_full | Covert Regime Change America's Secret Cold War Lindsey A. O'Rourke |
title_fullStr | Covert Regime Change America's Secret Cold War Lindsey A. O'Rourke |
title_full_unstemmed | Covert Regime Change America's Secret Cold War Lindsey A. O'Rourke |
title_short | Covert Regime Change |
title_sort | covert regime change america s secret cold war |
title_sub | America's Secret Cold War |
topic | CIA. Cold War covert operations international relations regime change secrecy security affairs security studies spies Regime change Case studies Regime change History 20th century Ost-West-Konflikt (DE-588)4075770-5 gnd Geheimdienst (DE-588)4019737-2 gnd Regierungswechsel (DE-588)4136252-4 gnd Außenpolitik (DE-588)4003846-4 gnd Geheimunternehmen (DE-588)4456601-3 gnd Operation Militär (DE-588)4203217-9 gnd |
topic_facet | CIA. Cold War covert operations international relations regime change secrecy security affairs security studies spies Regime change Case studies Regime change History 20th century Ost-West-Konflikt Geheimdienst Regierungswechsel Außenpolitik Geheimunternehmen Operation Militär USA |
url | https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501730689 |
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