Vanishing Coup
Subtitle: The Pattern of World History since 1310
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Oct 10, 2013
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781442222717
Description: "This thoughtful and engaging book offers the first extended analysis of coups, which have played a central role in world history and politics. Ivan Perkins draws on his extensive research on the history and inner workings of coups to explain how a small but growing number of nations have escaped chronic violence and built states with perpetually peaceful transfers of power. Readers will explore the rising coup-free zone, from the baroque system behind 486 years of stability in Venice to today's heavy-handed but efficient regime in Singapore. Along the way, the author recounts some of history's most gripping political intrigues: the spontaneous street uprising against King Tarquinius Superbus in Rome, the machinations of Bengali officials that launched the British Empire, and the fears that compelled General Pinochet to join a coup and become dictator of Chile." -- Publisher website.
Notes: Source title: Vanishing Coup: The Pattern of World History since 1310