Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook
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Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook (1968) is a history book by Edward Luttwak examining the whys and wherefores for the conditions, strategy, planning, and execution of coups d'état.[1]
[edit] Critical Response
In a 1980 review of the book, Richard Clutterbuck called Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook (1968) one of "only two general contemporary books on the subject" of military coups d' état that are worthwhile in content and readerly interest, the other being Samuel Finer's The Man on Horseback. However, Clutterbuck criticises the book for not further emphasising the role of the news media in determining the likely success of a coup d' état .[2]
The book played a critical role in the fictional novel Illuminatus! by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea regarding a coup in Equatorial Guinea which was the outward trigger for a global crisis in the book.
[edit] References
- ^ Luttwak, Edward [1968] (1979). Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-06-7417-547-1.
- ^ Clutterbuck, Richard (January 1980). "Review: Coup d'Etat: A Practical Handbook by Edward N. Luttwak". International Affairs 56 (1): 125–26.
