The Origins of Overthrow: How Emotional Frustration Shapes Us Regime Change Interventions

by Payam Ghalehdar

Why has the United States repeatedly engaged in the overthrow of foreign leaders and regimes? Although most regime change interventions have neither furthered US national security nor improved the fate of targeted states, the US has turned to this foreign policy instrument in at least sixteen cases from 1906 to 2011.

In The Origins of Overthrow, Payam Ghalehdar explains US-imposed regime change by focusing on its emotional underpinnings. Based...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190695854
• ISBN13: 9780190695859
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"