Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook

The coup is the most frequently attempted method of changing government & the most successful. Coup d'Etat outlines the mechanism of the coup & analyzes the conditions political, military & social, that gives rise to it. In doing so, the book sheds much light on societies where power does indeed grow out of the barrel of a gun & the role of law is a concept little understood.

List of Figures

List of Tables

Foreword

Preace to the 1st Edition

Preface to the 1979 Edition

What is the coup d'état? —

When is a coup d'état possible?

The strategy of the coup d'état

The planning of the coup d'état

The execution of the coup d'état

Appendices

Tables

Index

• Author
• Edward N. Luttwak, Walter Laqueur

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 216

• Publisher
• Harvard University Press (Cambridge)

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780674175471

• Genres
• politics, history, war, reference, philosophy, classics

• Release date
• 1979