Philip A. Thomas and Martin Moerings
Ashgate Dartmouth
Hardback
160
1994
This book analyzes the nature of the coup d?etat and the conditions under which they succeed in particular the book examines the relationship between constitutional law and coups. The book demonstrates that although coups d?etat are always taken in defiance of the law the law can paradoxically provide a degree of assistance to the would-be usurpers.