Of course, most of these were brewed in smoky backrooms where Western diplomats met military officers while sipping on expensive wines and spirits, enticing them with not only the control of national resources if they kicked out an anti-Western radical leader but also the support of their capital. 
Ni kweli, kuwa mapinduzi mengi yalipangwa kwenye vyumba vya faragha ambapo wanadiplomasia wa nchi za Magharibi walikutana na maafisa wa kijeshi huku wakigida mvinyo na pombe ghali, wakiwafanya si tu wawe na tamaa ya kudhibiti raslimali za taifa kama watang’oa viongozi wenye misimamo mikali dhidi ya nchi za Magharibi lakini pia kuwafadhili mtaji.