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Evaluation, coordination and execution: An analysis of military coup agency at instances of successful coup d’état

Theoretically, members of the ground forces are the normal coup plotters as they have sufficient training and equipment to accomplish the objectives of a successful coup. Henceforth, what is quite puzzling is mixed coups. These coups include other officers from other service branches; taking into ac...

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Main Author: El-Baz, Karim
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description Theoretically, members of the ground forces are the normal coup plotters as they have sufficient training and equipment to accomplish the objectives of a successful coup. Henceforth, what is quite puzzling is mixed coups. These coups include other officers from other service branches; taking into account, the ability of ground forces to execute the coup without the interference of other service branches. Therefore, the question is why would the coup leader involve those whom he would not tactically need for the coups’ execution. This is only one side of the puzzle that asks why and how a mixed coup agency is formed. The second side is why would ground forces officers prefer to act alone in other cases? These variations with regards to coup agencies raised questions about the variables that can influence the coup agency formation. In this dissertation, I would assume that the coup agency formation is primarily dependent on two factors: First, the ability of the main coup plotter to liaise between different military service branches. Second, the presence of a state of social unrest that could be utilized by the coup leader, who can liaise between different service branches, to convince officers from different service branches to jointly execute a coup as a means to end “chaos”.
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spelling oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-2829 Evaluation, coordination and execution: An analysis of military coup agency at instances of successful coup d’état El-Baz, Karim Theoretically, members of the ground forces are the normal coup plotters as they have sufficient training and equipment to accomplish the objectives of a successful coup. Henceforth, what is quite puzzling is mixed coups. These coups include other officers from other service branches; taking into account, the ability of ground forces to execute the coup without the interference of other service branches. Therefore, the question is why would the coup leader involve those whom he would not tactically need for the coups’ execution. This is only one side of the puzzle that asks why and how a mixed coup agency is formed. The second side is why would ground forces officers prefer to act alone in other cases? These variations with regards to coup agencies raised questions about the variables that can influence the coup agency formation. In this dissertation, I would assume that the coup agency formation is primarily dependent on two factors: First, the ability of the main coup plotter to liaise between different military service branches. Second, the presence of a state of social unrest that could be utilized by the coup leader, who can liaise between different service branches, to convince officers from different service branches to jointly execute a coup as a means to end “chaos”. 2015-10-01T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1799 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2829/viewcontent/Evaluation__Coordination_and_Execution.pdf Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Civil-Military Relations Military Coups D'état Infantry Coup Mixed Coup Coup Agency Social Unrest Political Science
spellingShingle Civil-Military Relations
Military Coups D'état
Infantry Coup
Mixed Coup
Coup Agency
Social Unrest
Political Science
El-Baz, Karim
Evaluation, coordination and execution: An analysis of military coup agency at instances of successful coup d’état
title Evaluation, coordination and execution: An analysis of military coup agency at instances of successful coup d’état
title_full Evaluation, coordination and execution: An analysis of military coup agency at instances of successful coup d’état
title_fullStr Evaluation, coordination and execution: An analysis of military coup agency at instances of successful coup d’état
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation, coordination and execution: An analysis of military coup agency at instances of successful coup d’état
title_short Evaluation, coordination and execution: An analysis of military coup agency at instances of successful coup d’état
title_sort evaluation coordination and execution an analysis of military coup agency at instances of successful coup d etat
topic Civil-Military Relations
Military Coups D'état
Infantry Coup
Mixed Coup
Coup Agency
Social Unrest
Political Science
url https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1799
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