This CG episode got the complete audio upgrade and revision to achieve the cleanest sound ever for the podcast series effective 22 June 2025 using the new technology at Chris Williams' Podsworth.

We discuss coups, color revolutions and the changing face of political manipulation in the world.

The world is not what it seems even in non-military political manipulation. The hybrid and grey zone conflict is real. Color revolution have hijacked Western democracy and precipitated he slow decline of modern civilization.

References

Global Instances of Coups from 1950 to 2010: A New Dataset

Colpus Dataset

KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America

A Retrospective on RMA, 2000-2020.

Edward Luttwak Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, Revised Edition

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

Oleg Karpovich Color Revolutions: Techniques in Breaking Down Modern Political Regimes

Ervand AbrahamianThe Coup: 1953, The CIA, and The Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations

David Talbot The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

Georgii Samoilovich Isserson G.S. Isserson and the War of the Future: Key Writings of a Soviet Military Theorist

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