This book is a comparative study of military coups between 1958 and 1980. Africa south of the Sahara. It also provides background information on the causes of some refugee exoduses, for example, from Zaire, Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda. There are three parts. The first deal…
"While coups drive a majority of regime changes and are responsible for the overthrow of many democratic governments, there has been very little empirical work on the subject. Seizing Power develops a new theory of coup dynamics and outcomes, drawing on 300 hours of interviews w…
Studie over de laatste regeringsjaren van de linkse president van Chili Salvador Gossens Allende (1908-1973) die bij een door de VS gesteunde militaire staatsgreep om het leven kwam.
The U.S. ambassador to Chile in the early 1970s provides a firsthand account of Allende's last two years and, drawing on new evidence that has emerged during the last decade, analyzes the conflicting forces that resulted in his downfall.
"Este libro narra capítulos desconocidos de la historia de la insurgencia armada en Chile y sus principales protagonistas, a partir del relato de quien antes y después del 11 de septiembre de 1973 tuvo un papel de actor y testigo privilegiado de aquellos convulsionados años"--Pa…
