Coup d'Etat: A Practical Handbook by Edward N. Luttwak

List of Figures


List of Tables


Foreword By Walter Liqueur


Preface to the First Edition


Preface to the 1979 Edition


1. What is the Coup d'État?


2. When is a PossibleCoup d'État?


3. The Stratgey of theCoup d'État


4. The planningCoup d'État


5. The ExecutionCoup d'État


Appendix A. The Economics of Repression


Appendix B. Tactical Aspects of the Coup d'État


Appendix C. Statistics


Table 1. Economics Development and theCoup d'État

, 1945-78
Table 2. Basic Lists of Coups and Attempt Coups, 1945-78


Table 3. The efficiency of the Coup Coup d'État, 1945-64


Table 4. The frequency of the Coup d'État


Index