Coup Theories and Officers' Motives: Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective

by Donald L. Horowitz

Book Overview

Donald Horowitz presents a case study of an attempted military coup in Sri Lanka. On the basis of interviews with twenty-three participants in this attempted coup--a mine of information rarely available for a study like this--he provides first-hand evidence of the way officers' motives interact with social and political conditions to foster coup attempts.

Originally published in 1981.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691643008
• ISBN13: 9780691643007
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"