COUP

koo [Fr.,=blow], among Native North Americans of the Plains culture, a war honor, awarded for striking an enemy in such a way that it was considered an extreme act of bravery. Generally, coups were awarded according to the degree of difficulty and danger involved; the most extreme, such as striking an armed enemy with the bare hand, counted highest. Killing an enemy, wounding him, scalping him, or stealing his horse or gun—all these were coups of value. Recital of the deeds was an important social function, and a warrior with many coups held a high status and was honored at feasts, ceremonials, and in the tribe. After warfare had ceased, coups became transferable property, passing from the old men to the younger, who needed coups to acquire warrior status in the tribe.

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Russia at the Barricades: Eyewitness Accounts of the August 1991 Coup
Book by Victoria E. Bonnell, Ann Cooper, Gregory Freidin; M.E. Sharpe, 1994
Subjects: Soviet Union--History--Attempted Coup, 1991--Personal Narratives, Soviet Union--History--Attempted Coup, 1991--Sources
...EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE AUGUST 1991 COUP EDITED BY VICTORIA E. BONNELL, ANN...eyewitness accounts of the August 1991 coup / edited by Victoria E. Bonnell...1. Soviet Union--History--Attempted coup. 1991--Personal narratives. 2. Soviet...
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The Coup: Tactics in the Seizure of Power
Book by Bruce W. Farcau; Praeger Publishers, 1994
Subjects: Coups D'Aetat, Coups D'Aetat--Latin America
The Coup The coup Tactics in the Seizure of Power Bruce W. Farcau PRAEGER Westport...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Farcau Bruce W. The coup : tactics in the seizure of power / Bruce W. Farcau p. cm. Includes...
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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
Book by Stephen Kinzer; Wiley, 2003
Subjects: Iran--Politics And Government--1941-1979, Iran--Relations--United States, Mosaddeq, Mohammad--1880-1967, United States--Relations--Iran
All the Shahs Men An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror...Stephen. All the Shahs men : an American coup and the roots of Middle East terror / Stephen...the early 1950s and was overthrown in a coup detat staged by the Central Intelligence...
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Southern Africa since the Portuguese Coup
Book by John Seiler; Westview Press, 1980
Subjects: Africa, Southern--Politics And Government, Africa, Southern--Relations, National Liberation Movements--Africa, Southern, Portugal--History--Revolution, 1974--Influence
Southern Africa Since the Portuguese Coup Other Titles in This Series Ethnicity...Africa Southern Africa Since the Portuguese Coup edited by John Seiler The April 1974 coup in Portugal markedly shifted political relationships...
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Communist Strategy and Tactics in Czechoslovakia, 1918-48
Book by Paul E. Zinner; Praeger, 1963
Subjects: Czechoslovakia--History--Coup D'Etat, 1948, Czechoslovakia--Politics And Government
...hear witnesses and obtain information about the coup detat. The impact of the coup was intensified by its unexpectedness. In the opinion...Western powers on their guard as never before. The coup gave strong impetus to the creation of a Western...
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Speight of Violence: Inside Fiji's 2000 Coup
Journal article by Teresia Teaiwa; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 33, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Speight of Violence: Inside Fiji's 2000 Coup (Book)--Book reviews
Speight of Violence: Inside Fijis 2000 Coup. by Teresia Teaiwa SPEIGHT OF VIOLENCE Inside Fijis 2000 Coup Authors: Michael Field, Tupeni Baba and...account of the subsequent civilian-led coup of 2000 that has afforded itself the benefit...
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Sukarno and the Indonesian Coup: The Untold Story
Journal article by Robert Cribb; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 30, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Sukarno and the Indonesian Coup: The Untold Story (Book)--Book reviews
Sukarno and the Indonesian Coup: The Untold Story. by Robert Cribb Sukarno and the Indonesian Coup: The Untold Story. By Helen-Louise Hunter...events in Indonesia in 1965--an abortive coup whose suppression cleared the way for the...
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Florence, Penny. Mallarme on CD-ROM: Un Coup De Des Jamais N'abolira le Hasard
Journal article by Charles D. Minahen; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 32, 2003
Subjects: Mallarme on CD-ROM: Un coup de des jamais n'abolira le hasard (Book)
Florence, Penny. Mallarme on CD-ROM: Un Coup De Des Jamais Nabolira le Hasard...significance of the virtual in Mallarmes Un coup de des, with its indefinite hypothetical...than about, specifically, Mallarmes Un coup de des. With respect to the poem, Florence...
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The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa
Journal article by Elizabeth Schmidt; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa (Book)--Book reviews
The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination...by Elizabeth Schmidt The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination...Guinean people from a brutal dictator, the coup-plotters hoped to install a puppet government...
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Bakrnal: Coup, Carnival, and Calypso in Trinidad
Journal article by Kevin K. Birth; Ethnology, Vol. 33, 1994
Subjects: Calypso (Music)--Political aspects, Carnival--Political aspects, Coups d'etat--Social aspects, Politics and culture--Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago--Social aspects
Bakrnal: coup, carnival, and calypso in Trinidad. by Kevin K. Birth...people of Trinidad and Tobago experienced a violent, attempted coup detat. Six months later, the attempted coup became one of the dominant themes of Carnival. Among a group...
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The Wonga Coup
Magazine article; African Business, August 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Wonga Coup (Book)--Book reviews
The Wonga Coup. By Adam Roberts pounds sterling9.99 Profile...2004 Nick Du Toit confessed to the Wonga Coup--an attempt to overthrow the government...Equatorial Guinea. This is the story of how the coup was set up and why it failed. On 7 March...
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A Very Elegant Coup
Magazine article by David Pryce-Jones; National Review, Vol. 55, September 15, 2003
Subjects: All The Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (Book)
A Very Elegant Coup. by David Pryce-Jones All The Shahs Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, by Stephen...summer of 1953, the CIA and Britains MI6 arranged a coup in Tehran. The Iranian prime minister, Mohammad...
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Cory's Coup
Magazine article by W. Scott Thompson; National Review, Vol. 41, December 31, 1989
Subjects: Coups d'etat--Philippines, Philippines--Political aspects
Corys Coup. by W. Scott Thompson MANILA--The obvious point about the Philippine coup in its critical first half-day was the feeble...afflicting the country, had invited this coup, we all felt. It was at that moment that...
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Cote d'Ivoire Coup: Surprise? What Surprise?
Magazine article by Paul Michaud; African Business, February 2000
Subjects: Bedie, Henri Konan--Behavior, Cote d'Ivoire--Political aspects, Coups d'etat--Cote d'Ivoire, Guei, Robert--Behavior, National government
Cote dIvoire Coup: Surprise? What Surprise? by Paul Michaud The Christmas coup in one of the most stable countries in Africa...believed, the French government and the leader of the coup itself. However, as Paul Michaud reveals, there...
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The Coup That Disrupted Africa's Forward March: June Milne the Former Research and Editorial Assistant to Kwame Nkrumah and Later His Literary Executrix, on the Coup That Set Africa Back. "It Is Not Difficult to Imagine the Greatly Improved Condition of the African People Today If Nkrumah Had Continued in Power in Ghana to Lead the Pan-African Movement," She Writes
Magazine article by June Milne; New African, February 2006
Subjects: Coups d'etat--Political aspects, Nkrumah, Kwame--Political activity, Presidents (Government)--Political activity, Presidents--Political activity, Toure, Ahmed Sekou--Political activity
The Coup That Disrupted Africas Forward March: June...and Later His Literary Executrix, on the Coup That Set Africa Back. "It Is Not Difficult...Kwame Nkrumah, was overthrown in a military coup organised by foreign powers and local collaborators...
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Wonga Coup Questioned Police 'Have Already Tycoon Calil over Plot'; 1.DEMANDS: President Obiang Speaking to the Mail on Sunday Last Week 2.DENIAL: Oil Tycoon Ely Calil at His First Wedding in 1972, above 3.JAILED: Simon Mann, Left, Is Serving 34 Years for the Failed Coup
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 26, 2008
Subjects: Mandelson, Peter, Mann, Simon, Thatcher, Mark
Wonga Coup Questioned Police Have Already Tycoon Calil...Left, Is Serving 34 Years for the Failed Coup. Byline: Ian Gallagher THE tycoon allegedly at the centre of the so-called Wonga Coup may be a step closer to facing trial in the...
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Wonga Coup Questioned Police 'Have Already Tycoon Calil over Plot'; 1.PLEA BARGAIN: Sir Mark Thatcher 2.DENIAL: Oil Tycoon Ely Calil at His First Wedding in 1972, above 3.DEMANDS: President Obiang Speaking to the Mail on Sunday Last Week
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 26, 2008
Subjects: Mandelson, Peter, Mann, Simon, Thatcher, Mark
Wonga Coup Questioned Police Have Already Tycoon Calil...allegedly at the centre of the so-called Wonga Coup may be a step closer to facing trial in the...denied any prior knowledge of the failed coup - being dragged into the affair. Equatorial...
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Coup De Farce
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 24, 2006
Subjects: Thatcher, Mark
Coup De Farce. A bid to take over an oil-rich African state...states massive mineral reserves. EG is a textbook site for a coup. The mainland is situated between Cameroon to the north and...fortune and enterprising businessmen planned a real-life coup. The motley crew were led by Simon Mann, an old Etonian...
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Palace Rules out Amnesty for Coup Plotters in Military
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2006
Palace Rules out Amnesty for Coup Plotters in Military. Military officials...duties on suspected involvement in a coup plot against the government last month...the rebel soldiers involved in a bloody coup attempt against the Aquino government...
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Sir Mark, the $10M Reward and the Poshest 'Coup' Ever Planned; as Former Pm's Son Is Put under House Arrest, New Details Emerge of How Friend Networked to Win Financial Backing
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 26, 2004
Subjects: Thatcher, Mark
...Sir Mark, the $10M Reward and the Poshest Coup Ever Planned; as Former Pms Son Is Put...asked to invest money in the attempted coup. Some were never told the real story; others...reveals Mann, 51, sought money to finance the coup from individuals in his influential social...
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encyclopedia articles on: Coup  - 398 results

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August Coup
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AUGUST COUP attempted coup (Aug. 18 22, 1991) against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev . On...removed from his position as president due to illness, the leaders of the coup formed an eight-man Committee of the State of Emergency and attempted...
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Coup
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COUP koo Fr.,=blow, among Native North Americans of the Plains culture, a war honor, awarded for striking an enemy in such a way...
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Fructidor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...fruktedor , 12th month of the French Revolutionary calendar . The coup of 18 Fructidor (Sept. 4, 1797), in which General Augereau was...Carnot and Francois de Barthelemy from the Directory . The coup was directed against those who wished to restore a constitutional...
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Ba'Ath Party
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...from the UAR in 1961. In 1963 a military coup restored the Baath to power in Syria, and...coalition of power until 1970, when, in another coup, Assad succeeded in ousting Atassi as prime...the Baathists first came to power in the coup of Feb., 1963, when Abd al-Salem Arif became...
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Arias, Arnulfo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1949 51, Oct., 1968). A Harvard-trained physician, he led the coup that deposed President Florencio Harmodio Arosemena in 1931...Axis powers of World War II. He was ousted in Oct., 1941, in a coup supported by the United States. Reelected president in 1949...
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