TY - BOOK AU - O'Rourke,Lindsey A. TI - Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War T2 - Cornell Studies in Security Affairs SN - 9781501730689 AV - JC489 U1 - 327.1273009/045 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Ithaca, NY PB - Cornell University Press KW - Außenpolitik KW - Cold War KW - Eiserner Vorhang KW - Geheimdienst KW - Griechenland KW - Großbritannien KW - Militär KW - Ost-West-Konflikt KW - Regime change KW - Case studies KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Regime KW - Staat KW - USA KW - Vietnam KW - Political Science & Political History KW - Security Studies KW - U.S. History KW - HISTORY / Military / Intelligence & Espionage KW - bisacsh KW - American regime change operations KW - CIA plots theory KW - CIA plots KW - CIA KW - Capitalism KW - Codebreaking KW - Covert Regime Change KW - Global Politics and Strategy KW - Hegemonic operations KW - Intelligence and CounterIntelligence KW - Regime Change KW - Soviet Union KW - United States KW - World War II KW - american foreign policy KW - american history KW - american intervention regime changes KW - case studies foreign policy KW - case studies international relations KW - case studies regime changes KW - causes of regime change KW - cold war history KW - cold war politics KW - cold war regime change operations KW - enhance U.S. security and power KW - espionage KW - examples of regime changes KW - foreign regime changes KW - global regime changes KW - government library KW - history of regime changes KW - international espionage KW - international policy theory KW - international political science KW - international political theory KW - international security studies KW - military history cold war KW - national security studies KW - political intelligence KW - political theory and reseach KW - regime changes during the cold war KW - studying regime changes KW - successful regime changes KW - theoretical framework for international policies KW - u.s. backed regime changes KW - understanding cold war politics KW - understanding the cold war N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures and Tables --; Acknowledgments --; 1. The False Promise of Covert Regime Change --; 2. 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 US-Backed Regime Changes during the Cold War --; 6. Rolling Back the Iron Curtain --; 7. Containment, Coup d’État, and the Covert War in Vietnam --; 8. Dictators and Democrats in the Dominican Republic --; 9. Covert Regime Change after the Cold War --; Notes --; Index; restricted access N2 - O'Rourke's 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 QuarterlyStates 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? UR - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501730689 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501730689 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501730689/original ER -