MATTHEWS Austin S. <br/><br/>
If you'll be my bodyguard:  presidential guard units and leader capture during coup d'etat/ 
Austin S. Matthews 
 -  2025 
<br/><br/> Incumbent leader capture has a positive and significant relationship with the likelihood of coup success. The findings also suggest that leader capture will be less likely if the regime pre-emptively creates a counterweight presidential guard unit, responsible for providing proximate security for the core leadership. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>COUP D'ETAT<br/>POLITICAL VIOLENCE<br/>CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS