Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Career. Phibun quickly learned the Siamese art of tarn ratthapraharn (masterminding a coup d'êtat). Following a 1933 coup, he became Minister of Defense; in 1938 he took over as Prime Minister and, eventually, as absolute dictator. He assumed the title of Phunam ("The Leader"), changed his country's name to Thailand, and tried to Westernize his countrymen overnight (sample laws: farmers were ordered to wear shoes, and officials to kiss their wives before leaving for the office). In 1941 Phibun capitulated to Japan, later declared war on the U.S. and Britain. Old Friend Pridi...
Since October 1948, when he seized power as the leader of a military coup, General Manuel Odria has ruled Peru as a fatherly, sometimes Big Brotherly dictator. Elected President in 1950 in a one-candidate race, Odria said recently that he intended to step down at the end of his six-year term, handing his office over to a constitutionally elected successor. Many of his countrymen doubted whether the strongman, only 57, really meant it, but last week, in a published interview with touring New York Timesman Herbert L. Matthews, Odria repeated his intention with notable firmness. He gave...
...abdicate. On September 7, Naguib forced Maher to resign and arrested several wealthy leaders of the nationalist Wafd party, because Maher had opposed the RCC's land reform program which would have deprived the Wafd leaders of pwer; Nagub became Premier. (The Parliament was not convened after the coup.) In January, 1953, Naguib outlawed all Egyptian political parties and proclaimed a three-year transitional period without elections; and in June, 1953, Naguib proclaimed the Republic of Egypt with himself as President and Gamal Nasser as Minister of the Interior. Naguib was deposed on February 25, 1954 by Nasser...
...strongman's third inauguration as Cuba's chief of state. He had made himself President for the first time in 1940, after running the country for seven years as a military dictator. Out of power from 1944 to 1952, he then took over again in a military coup, adopted the title of Provisional President. Last year, eager to drop the "provisional," he ran for President and won easily, since he was the only avowed candidate in the race...
...there are encouraging signs. Unlike its rival, the Conservative League, the Club has not damaged its own reputation with talk of spying or questionable outside ties. The New Conservatives have, morcover, specifically condemned McCarthyism as "a new radicalism of a most deceiving and dangerous nature." After blocking an attempted coup by old Conservatives, the Club has begun to plan a positive program for the spring term. Its leaders now have the chance to demonstrate student conservatism at its best...