5. Overview of US-Backed Regime Changes during the Cold War

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. The False Promise of Covert Regime Change 1
6. 2. Causes: Why Do States Launch Regime Changes? 22
7. 3. Conduct: Why Do States Intervene Covertly versus Overtly? 48
8. 4. Consequences: How Effective Are Covert Regime Changes? 73
9. 5. Overview of US-Backed Regime Changes during the Cold War 97
10. 6. Rolling Back the Iron Curtain 125
11. 7. Containment, Coup d’État, and the Covert War in Vietnam 158
12. 8. Dictators and Democrats in the Dominican Republic 194
13. 9. Covert Regime Change after the Cold War 225
14. Notes 237
15. Index 301