TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Rourke,Lindsey A.
TI  - Covert regime change: America's secret Cold War 
T2  - Cornell studies in security affairs
AV  - JC489 .C684 2018
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Ithaca [New York]
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Regime change
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Cold War
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; The false promise of covert regime change --; Causes : why do states launch regime changes? --; Conduct : why do states intervene covertly versus overtly? --; Consequences : how effective are covert regime changes? --; Overview of U.S.-backed regime changes during the Cold War --; Fostering communist heresy in Eastern Europe --; Containment, coup d'etat and the covert war in Vietnam --; Dictators and democrats in the Dominican Republic --; Covert regime change after the Cold War; 2; b
N2  - "This study is the first to systematically assemble an original dataset of all American regime change operations during the Cold War. The United States attempted more than 10 times more covert than overt regime changes. The author asks three questions: What motivates states to attempt foreign regime changes? Why do states prefer to conduct these operations covertly, as opposed to overtly? How successful are these missions in achieving their foreign policy goals?"--
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