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coup d'état |
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coup d'étator coup(French: “stroke of state”) Sudden overthrow, often violent, of an existing government by a group of conspirators. Coups are most common in countries with unstable governments and in countries with little experience of successful democracy. Their success depends on surprise and speed. Coups rarely alter a nation's fundamental social and economic policies or significantly redistribute power. See also military government, revolution. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Bush administration has adopted the strategy of new wars--threatening invasions, military attacks, economic sanctions and coup d'etats ("regime change") against Syria, Iran and Venezuela, even as their war in Iraq goes from bad to worse and it faces increasing insurgency in Afghanistan. Spanning coup d'etats and several failed ceasefire agreements and peace accords, the NICOSIA - In a very interesting type of coup d'etats, former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has returned to power. |
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