The Age of Coups d’état

Chapter V is dedicated to several coup d’états as well as counter coups and unsuccessful attempts that happened in investigated period in Albania and Bulgaria. In Albania coups were integral part of struggle for stability in this country while in Bulgaria coup was a mean for undoing changes that occurred after the Great War. In almost all of them paramilitaries had their peace of action. In the same time Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, despite numerous difficulties and overall diversity, was never endangered by prospect of violent overturn. On the contrary, it often served as safe haven for those actors from Albania and Bulgaria who lost and were forced to leave the country or served as basis for counter-coup providing assistance, resources and even experienced paramilitaries. However, in both Albanian and Bulgarian examples of overturn it showed how for successful outcome good organization, determination, focus, and precise plans both for the execution and ‘the day after’ showed to be far more important than overall numbers.