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This dissertation is a study of the breakdown in relations between China and Indonesia, between October 1965 and October 1967, the early years of the Cultural Revolution and the Gestapu coup and countercoup. During that most tumultuous period in each Republic's short history, Ch…

Military coups have posed a persistent threat to political stability in Africa—undermining democratization efforts, initiating lasting cycles of intra-military violence, and even descending into civil war. Since decolonization, over 200 coup attempts have been made across the co…

The dissertation explains why similar coup-installed regimes in Egypt (1952), Iran (1921), and Turkey (1923) developed along different political trajectories (authoritarianism, royal absolutism, and democracy, respectively). While most studies of regime change tend to underline …