Edward Luttwak’s shocking 1968 handbook showed, step-by-step, how governments could be overthrown and inspired anti-coup
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Table of contents :
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgment
Preface to the 2016 Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Foreword by Walter Laqueur (1978)
1. What Is the Coup d’État?
2. When Is a Coup d’État Possible?
3. The Strategy of the Coup d’État
4. The Planning of the Coup d’État
5. The Execution of the Coup d’État
Appendix A. The Economics of Repression
Appendix B. Tactical Aspects of the Coup d’État
Appendix C. Statistics
Index