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Definition of Countercoups
1. countercoup [n] - See also: countercoup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countercoups
Literary usage of Countercoups
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Food from Peace: Breaking the Links Between Conflict and Hunger by Ellen Messer (1998)
"In Sudan coups and countercoups since the 1950s usually have been responses to
the government's inability to respond effectively to famine. ..."
2. Free at Last?: U.S. Policy Toward Africa and the End of the Cold War by Michael Clough (1992)
"... William Swing, the American ambassador in Monrovia, noted that the Doe government
was “genuinely concerned about possible countercoups” and declared ..."
3. Responding to Low-Intensity Conflict Challenges by Stephen Blank (1993)
"Regional Conflicts Conflicts in Africa's current consolidative period may be
divided into the following categories: military coups and countercoups; ..."
4. Bolivia on the Brink by Eduardo A Gamarra (2007)
"Since gaining independence from Spain in 1825, Bolivia has endured nearly two
hundred coups and countercoups. Despite the establishment of comparatively ..."
5. Gotcha by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"The more heavy-handed activities--paramilitary operations, coups, and countercoups--were
now reserved for the operationally ripe nations of Asia, Africa, ..."
6. Saving the Tsars' Palaces by Christopher Morgan, Irina Orlova (2005)
"... for whom coups and countercoups were of little interest provided he could get
on with his job, went to the Winter Palace for final instructions ..."
7. Guerrilla Warfare: Cause and Conflict by Walter R. Thomas (1981)
"Coups and countercoups may permeate the continent for decades. Such confrontations
there, as well as in the Middle East, surely will result in competitive ..."
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