Rory Cormac's How to Stage a Coup is an entertaining critique, not a how-to manual

  • Written by: Brendon O'Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Rory Cormac's How to Stage a Coup is an entertaining critique, not a how-to manualAndrew Harnik/AP

In Katie Kitamura’s brilliant novel Intimacies (2022), the story of a former African dictator being tried in the International Criminal Court, there is a summary of the case against the accused:

The national electoral commission and outside observers called the election in favor of the accused’s opposition. The accused...

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