Coup d'État, 2nd Edition
A Practical Handbook, Revised Edition
$48.00
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
11 April 2016
Summary
Coup d’État astonished readers when it first appeared in 1968 because it showed, step by step, how governments could be overthrown. Translated into sixteen languages, it has inspired anti-coup precautions by regimes around the world. In addition to these detailed instructions, Edward Luttwak’s revised handbook offers an altogether new way of looking at political power-one that considers, for example, the vulnerability to coups of even the most stable democracies in the event of prolo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674737266 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0674737261 |
| Author: | Edward N. Luttwak |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 11 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
Additions bringing this work into the twenty-first century include Luttwak’s observations about how coup plotters in the age of the internet must now take control of more than the central television station to control public propaganda… It offers as much wisdom on the counter-coup as on the coup itself… It remains in print more than forty years after it was written and still commands sales. The reason may be that it is a good read: wry, observant and practical. – Charles Glass * Times Literary Supplement *
About The Author
Edward N. Luttwak
Edward N. Luttwak is the author of several books, including Coup d’État: A Practical Handbook; Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace; and The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy, which have been published in twenty-five languages. His articles have appeared in the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Affairs, and Tablet.
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