How to Stage a Military Coup by Connor, Ken -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

How to Stage a Military Coup Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Table of Figures Introduction Chapter 1 - The Military in Politics

Get Your Tanks off My Lawn Breakthrough Coups: China 1911, Egypt 1952, Cuba 1959 Guardian Coups: Turkey 1960, 1971 and 1980 Veto Coups: Argentina 1943, 1955 and 1976 Operation Valkyrie: The July Putsch, Germany 1944 The Bloodless Coup and the Less-Blood Coup The Accidental Coup: Sierra Leone 1992 and 1996 The Faux Coup d’ État Military Intervention

Chapter 2 - Motivation and Massage

Reasons to be Cheerful: Nigeria 1990 The Cuba Card: Venezuela 2002 Going Native: Ecuador 1963 and 2000 The al-Qaeda Franchise and the War on Terror Getting the Message Across: Media Ops

Chapter 3 - Planning the Perfect Putsch

Secrets of Success Positive Prognosis: Iran 1953 Risible Results: Algeria 1961 Pro-Formas for Perfect Planning

Chapter 4 - Recruitment, Training and Tactics

Recruiting to the Cause Training Coup Teams Philosophical Stuff Fighting in Built-up Areas Vehicle Checkpoints Arresting the Bad Guys Prime-Time Interrogation Tailoring Your Tactics

Chapter 5 - Keeping Your Coup Covert

Watching the Watchers: Counter-Surveillance A Message for Our Listeners: Telephone Security Gentlemen Don’t Read Each Other’s Email

Chapter 6 - A Word from Our Sponsor

Invasion or Intervention? ‘Made to Scream’: Chile 1973 ‘Caravan of Death’ 2: Operation Condor The Kampala Strangler: Uganda 1971

Chapter 7 - Strategically Situated Exotic Islands

Temperature Rising The Teenage Coup: Comoros 1978 Fiji 1987: Take 1 and Take 2 Three Coups and You Are Out: Fiji 2000 Finis Coronat Opus: The Seychelles 1977 – 1987

Chapter 8 - The Coup That Never Was

The Middle East before it Became a Way of Not Saying ‘Palestine’ Rotting Rupees: Abu Dhabi 1966 Enough Sa’id: Oman 1970 The CIA Train: Iraq 1958, 1959, 1963 and 1968 The Coup That Never Was: Iraq 2003

Chapter 9 - Outsourcing Your Coup

Guinea Foul From Mutiny to Scrutiny Hiatus in Harare ‘Obiang Will Eat My Testicles’ Private Military Cock-ups (PMCs)

Chapter 10 - Where Next? Who Next?

Spreading ‘Liberty and Democracy’ Putsch Prognosis

Appendix A: - Military Coups d’État by Country Appendix B: - Military Coups d’État by Date Notes Index