Cornell studies in security affairs.

Catastrophic Success -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Defining Foreign-Imposed Regime Change -- 2. Theorizing the Effects of Foreign-Imposed Regime Change -- 3. Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and Civil War -- 4. Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and the Survival of Leaders -- 5. Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and Interstate Relations -- Conclusion

"The author explains why foreign-imposed regime change so often goes awry. Drawing on two centuries of data and over one hundred regime changes, he shows that regime change increases the likelihood of internal conflict in target states and fails to reduce the probability of intervener-target conflict"--