How to Stage a Military Coup: From Planning to Execution

How to Stage a Military Coup......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 8
Table of Figures......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
Chapter 1 - The Military in Politics......Page 18
Get Your Tanks off My Lawn......Page 23
Breakthrough Coups: China 1911, Egypt 1952, Cuba 1959......Page 24
Guardian Coups: Turkey 1960, 1971 and 1980......Page 27
Veto Coups: Argentina 1943, 1955 and 1976......Page 28
Operation Valkyrie: The July Putsch, Germany 1944......Page 29
The Bloodless Coup and the Less-Blood Coup......Page 31
The Accidental Coup: Sierra Leone 1992 and 1996......Page 32
Military Intervention......Page 35
Chapter 2 - Motivation and Massage......Page 37
Reasons to be Cheerful: Nigeria 1990......Page 40
The Cuba Card: Venezuela 2002......Page 41
Going Native: Ecuador 1963 and 2000......Page 46
The al-Qaeda Franchise and the War on Terror......Page 49
Getting the Message Across: Media Ops......Page 50
Chapter 3 - Planning the Perfect Putsch......Page 55
Secrets of Success......Page 56
Positive Prognosis: Iran 1953......Page 57
Risible Results: Algeria 1961......Page 67
Pro-Formas for Perfect Planning......Page 72
Chapter 4 - Recruitment, Training and Tactics......Page 80
Recruiting to the Cause......Page 85
Training Coup Teams......Page 86
Philosophical Stuff......Page 87
Fighting in Built-up Areas......Page 92
Vehicle Checkpoints......Page 93
Arresting the Bad Guys......Page 94
Prime-Time Interrogation......Page 95
Tailoring Your Tactics......Page 96
Chapter 5 - Keeping Your Coup Covert......Page 98
Watching the Watchers: Counter-Surveillance......Page 104
A Message for Our Listeners: Telephone Security......Page 107
Gentlemen Don’t Read Each Other’s Email......Page 109
Chapter 6 - A Word from Our Sponsor......Page 113
‘Made to Scream’: Chile 1973......Page 116
‘Caravan of Death’ 2: Operation Condor......Page 125
The Kampala Strangler: Uganda 1971......Page 126
Chapter 7 - Strategically Situated Exotic Islands......Page 134
Temperature Rising......Page 135
The Teenage Coup: Comoros 1978......Page 136
Fiji 1987: Take 1 and Take 2......Page 140
Three Coups and You Are Out: Fiji 2000......Page 147
Finis Coronat Opus: The Seychelles 1977 – 1987......Page 153
Chapter 8 - The Coup That Never Was......Page 159
The Middle East before it Became a Way of Not Saying ‘Palestine’......Page 160
Rotting Rupees: Abu Dhabi 1966......Page 162
Enough Sa’id: Oman 1970......Page 164
The CIA Train: Iraq 1958, 1959, 1963 and 1968......Page 167
The Coup That Never Was: Iraq 2003......Page 171
Chapter 9 - Outsourcing Your Coup......Page 174
Guinea Foul......Page 176
From Mutiny to Scrutiny......Page 180
Hiatus in Harare......Page 183
‘Obiang Will Eat My Testicles’......Page 186
Private Military Cock-ups (PMCs)......Page 192
Spreading ‘Liberty and Democracy’......Page 196
Putsch Prognosis......Page 198
Appendix A: - Military Coups d’État by Country......Page 201
Appendix B: - Military Coups d’État by Date......Page 210
Notes......Page 217
Index......Page 228