A major event in the history of the Cold War, the Colonels’ Coup of April 21, 1967, ushered in seven…
Coups often do not go exactly as planned. While some result in military despotism and others in democratic reforms, some…
In December 1999, Côte d’Ivoire experienced its first ever coup d’état after years of stability and economic growth—a coup that…
James Cox knew that Soviet officers would stonewall a foreigner like him, but there was a chance that regular soldiers…
At the crack of dawn on June 7, 1998, Ambassador Peggy Blackford woke to sounds of gunfire outside and someone…
Our Ambassador in Banjul, Gambia, was not expecting a coup on the morning of July 22, 1994 — but that…
Sudan’s long history has been riddled with internal conflict. The United Kingdom and Egypt controlled Sudan for the first half…
In August of 1991, hard-liners opposed to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev initiated a coup attempt to overthrow him. The rebellion…
In August 1991, hard-line members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) who opposed President Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms…
When a country undergoes internal conflict and something as dramatic as a coup d’etat, the results can often lead to…