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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. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Using carefully chosen examples, the authors look analytically at a host of scenarios, ranging from policy changes and regime changes to more dramatic events: coup d'etats, riots, revolutions and terrorism, the most modern and unpredictable of them all. I have suffered political detention twice because of military coup d'etats. In the absence of any such invasion, Ganser (Center for Security Studies, Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland) shows in this work, these networks--known as "Gladio" in Italy, where their existence was first exposed--turned their attention to domestic left political forces, attempting to undermine them through such activities as bomb massacres, systematic torture of political opponents, support of right-wing coup d'etats, and destruction of opposition groups. |
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