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Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook
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Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook

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Byrne Hobart
Mar 30, 2020
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In 1968, a bored 26-year-old oil consultant published a quick little book—today, it would be a troll-y Medium post—on coups. Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook takes a deliberately inflammatory view of an already-controversial topic, exactly the same marketing pitch as If I Did It. But it works, because the book is a good guide to coups, broadly define…

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