The Origins of Overthrow: How Emotional Frustration Shapes Us Regime Change Interventions Ghalehdar Payam
The Origins of Overthrow: How Emotional Frustration Shapes Us Regime Change Interventions Ghalehdar Payam Why has the United States repeatedly engaged in the overthrow of foreign leaders and regimes?…
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The Origins of Overthrow: How Emotional Frustration Shapes Us Regime Change Interventions Ghalehdar Payam
Why has the United States repeatedly engaged in the overthrow of foreign leaders and regimes? Based on a thorough analysis of the emotional state of five US presidents, he shows how "emotional frustration"-an emotional syndrome that combines hegemonic expectations, perceptions of hatred in target state obstructions, and negative affect-has repeatedly influenced US regime change decisions. Although most regime change interventions have neither furthered US national security nor improved the fate of targeted states, the US has turned to this foreign policy instrument in at least sixteen cases from 1906 to 2011.In The Origins of Overthrow, Payam Ghalehdar explains US-imposed regime change by focusing on its emotional underpinnings.
When US presidents have been gripped by this emotion, Ghalehdar argues, they have turned to the use of force and targeted perceived sources of