...listeners, "These men are armed — and they may be dangerous." FERDINAND LuNDBERC21 A coup consists of the infiltration of a small but critical segment of...to displace the government from its control of the remainder. EDWARD LUTTWAK 22 Capitalist democracy has often been described as a poker game in which...

...of course, entirely my own. EJE NEw Yo¿ Q¿ry, 1976 A coup consists of the infiltration of a s,nall but critical segment of the state apparatus, which...to displace the government from its control of the remainder. —EDw¿ir Lurrw 4 tx, Coup d'Etat INTRODUCTION Agency of Fear is an investigation into...

...[COPEI]). In what way does this constitute a coup d'etat? According to Edward Luttwack, a "coup consists of the infiltration of a small but critical segment of...to displace the government from its control of the remainder" (1968: 27). Since at the time of Chavez's assumption of power he was retired and his cohort...

...created the basis for realizing Luttwak's definition. Specifically he states that "a coup consists of the infiltration of a small but critical segment of the state apparatus, which in turn is then used to displace the government from its control of the remainder."51 Subsequently...

...Drawing on the extensive experience of the CIA in such pranks, Luttwak says that "a coup consists of the infiltration of a small but critical segment of...to displace the government from its control of the remainder." True coupsters "want to seize power within the present system" (his italics), then use...

...Luttwak, who wrote a highly informative and amusing book on coup d'etat, characterized this strategy as "the infiltration of a small but critical segment...to displace the government from its control of the remainder."13 Usually, but not always, a coup grows from the ranks of the military. In any event, for...