Catastrophic success : why foreign-imposed regime change goes wrong / Alexander B. Downes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Downes, Alexander B., 1969- author.

Series:

Cornell studies in security affairs.

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell studies in security affairs

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regime change.

Intervention (International law).

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Alexander B. Downes compiles all instances of regime change around the world over the past two centuries. Drawing on this impressive data set, Downes shows that regime change increases the likelihood of civil war and violent leader removal in target states and fails to reduce the probability of conflict between intervening states and their targets. As Downes demonstrates, when a state confronts an obstinate or dangerous adversary, the lure of toppling its government and establishing a friendly administration is strong. The historical record, however, shows that foreign-imposed regime change is, in the long term, neither cheap, easy, nor consistently successful.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Defining Foreign-Imposed Regime Change

2. Theorizing the Effects of Foreign-Imposed Regime Change

3. Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and Civil War

4. Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and the Survival of Leaders

5. Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and Interstate Relations

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 3, 2022).

ISBN:

9781501761140

1501761145

OCLC:

1252920900