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Not really, Bolivia has seen the highest number of coups or attempted coups. Sudan is the country with highest number of coups in Africa.
by akamhy 5y ago
Not really, Bolivia has seen the highest number of coups or attempted coups. Sudan is the country with highest number of coups in Africa.
- 1cvmask 5y agoThe US has been organized in over 600 coup d'etats/regime change operations around the world since WWII. A good book on that is Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer: https://www.amazon.com/Overthrow-Americas-Century-Regime-Change/dp/0805082409 https://www.amazon.com/Overthrow-Americas-Century-Regime-Cha... A book on the CIA regime change attempts in Angola: In Search of Enemies: A CIA Story https://www.amazon.com/Search-Enemies-CIA-Story/dp/0393009262/ref=sr_1_1 https://www.amazon.com/Search-Enemies-CIA-Story/dp/039300926...
- postingawayonhn 5y ago600 sounds a bit high. That's about one US supported coup/regime change every 6 weeks.
- 1cvmask 5y agoMajority fail. It's like the number of failed attempts at assassinating Castro. You only need one to succeed. Even if it's an exploding cigar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/638_Ways_to_Kill_Castro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/638_Ways_to_Kill_Castro
- Angostura 5y agoDo 2 exploding cigars count as 2 coup attempts?
- 1cvmask 5y agoYou only need one successful exploding cigar to succeed at overthrowing Castro. The burden of success in thwarting a coup attempt is always on the recipient.
- craftinator 5y agoIf you pass your saving throw, add +1 to CHAR, as few things are as cool as surviving an exploding cigar!
- op00to 5y agoTell that to Daffy Duck.
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- suprfsat 5y agoCoups d'état.
- Goety 5y agoIf I had a nickel every time someone posted on a random internet forum id have a lot of nickels