Coup Theories and Officers Motives :Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle :Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective

Publication series :Princeton Legacy Library

Author: Horowitz Donald L.;;;  

Publisher: Princeton University Press‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781400854127

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691021997

Subject: D Political and Legal

Keyword: 政治、法律

Language: ENG

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Description

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.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Chapter

List of Tables

List of Tables

Preface

Preface

A Note on Terminology

A Note on Terminology

1. Coup Theory: The Matter of Motive

1. Coup Theory: The Matter of Motive

2. Sri Lanka Society and Political Change

2. Sri Lanka Society and Political Change

3. The Armed Forces: Their Construction and Reconstruction

3. The Armed Forces: Their Construction and Reconstruction

4. The Conspirators: A Profile

4. The Conspirators: A Profile

5. Personal, Familial, and Factional Motives

5. Personal, Familial, and Factional Motives

6. Corporate Motives

6. Corporate Motives

7. Social Allegiances and Segmental Motives

7. Social Allegiances and Segmental Motives

8. The Political System and Coup Motives

8. The Political System and Coup Motives

9. Interpreting Intervention: Sri Lanka and the Developing World

9. Interpreting Intervention: Sri Lanka and the Developing World

Appendix: A Note on the Interviews

Appendix: A Note on the Interviews

Index

Index

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