Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War by Lindsey A. O'Rourke (English)

Description: Covert Regime Change by Lindsey A. O'Rourke 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 détat, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups.In Covert Regime Change, Lindsey A. ORourke shows us how states really... FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 detat, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups.In Covert Regime Change, Lindsey A. ORourke 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. ORourke 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 ORourke 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? Author Biography Lindsey A. ORourke is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Her research focuses on regime change, international security, and US foreign policy. Table of Contents List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgments1. The False Promise of Covert Regime Change2. Causes: Why Do States Launch Regime Changes?3. Conduct: Why Do States Intervene Covertly versus Overtly?4. Consequences: How Effective Are Covert Regime Changes?5. Overview of U.S.-backed Regime Changes during the Cold War6. Rolling Back the Iron Curtain7. Containment, Coup détat and the Covert War in Vietnam8. Dictators and Democrats in the Dominican Republic9. Covert Regime Change after the Cold WarNotesIndex Review Any debate over the relative merits and demerits of regime change as a legitimate tool of foreign-policy needs to begin with Lindsey A. ORourkes fantastic book. Its a well-written, important work that should productively inform foreign-policy debates going forward. Essential reading. * The National Interest *This is a book for scholars and policy makers; the footnotes are copious and extensive. * Choice *Covert Regime Change is a valuable book that sheds light on an important issue. * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *Unlike many other books built around accounts of CIA plots, Covert Regime Change takes a scholarly and quantitative approach. It provides charts, graphs, and data sets. Meticulous analysis makes this not the quickest read of any book on the subject, but certainly one of the best informed. ORourke injects a dose of rigorous analysis into a debate that is often based on emotion. * Global Research *ORourkes work provides ample evidence that attempts at forcible regime-change are unlikely to achieve desired ends at a reasonable cost. * Christopher Preble, War on the Rocks *Well researched and argued, it places the initial debate over covert action within the national security decisionmaking process during the first years of the Cold War. * International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence *In this well-researched and clearly written book, Lindsay A. ORourke vigorously argues that during the Cold War U.S. officials repeatedly launched covert interventions in foreign countries, even though most of the operations failed to effect regime changes, because the officials saw them as cheap ways to enhance U.S. security and power.... A well-executed, valuable study. * Journal of American History *ORourkes book offers a onestop shop for understanding foreignimposed regime change. Covert Regime Change is an impressive book and required reading for anyone interested in understanding hidden power in world politics. * Political Science Quarterly *ORourkes contribution to the history of US foreign relations, intelligence history, and international relations theory is not just valuable but also original. ORourkes dataset identifies more than 60 covert efforts to bring about regime change... pursued by the United States between 1947 and 1989. Few authors have sought to chronicle and analyze them as comprehensively and systematically as ORourke, and no one has succeeded as she has. We owe her a great debt. * Parameters *ORourke challenges the historiography by showing that regime change actions, both covert and overt, were the principal action of the US during the Cold War, and in doing so, she joins the ever-growing number of critics who argue that covert actions are ineffective instruments of US foreign policy and national security. * H-Net * Prizes Winner of International Security Studies Book Award (ISSS Best Book Award) 2020 (United States) Commended for Best Book from a Non-Tenured Faculty Member Award 2019 (United States) Long Description 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 Review Quote "Well researched and argued, it places the initial debate over covert action within the national security decisionmaking process during the first years of the Cold War." Details ISBN1501730657 Pages 330 Publisher Cornell University Press Year 2018 ISBN-10 1501730657 ISBN-13 9781501730658 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2018-12-15 Audience Age 18 Imprint Cornell University Press Subtitle Americas Secret Cold War Place of Publication Ithaca Country of Publication United States Short Title Covert Regime Change Language English UK Release Date 2018-12-15 AU Release Date 2018-12-15 NZ Release Date 2018-12-15 US Release Date 2018-12-15 Illustrations 7 Charts Author Lindsey A. ORourke Series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Alternative 9781501730689 DEWEY 327.1273009/045 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159635121;

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