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The 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: ht
by 1cvmask 5y ago
The 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