Coup D'Etat in the United States: Impossible or Improbable?

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Abstract:

This thesis looks comparatively at the social and intra-military conditions that have led to coups detat in other countries, in order to evaluate whether a coup detat could occur in the United States. This thesis also creates a fictional scenario for this possibility.

Author(s):
Ho, Tung
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis,
Pagination:
0128

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
NPS
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_8.1.3_Influence Adversary and Competitor Audiences; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_8.2.4_Leverage Capacities and Capabilities of Security Establishments; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_5.3.2_Apply Situational Understanding; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_8.1.1_Inform Domestic and Foreign Audiences; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_5.4_Decide
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*POLITICAL REVOLUTION, SCENARIOS, MILITARY PERSONNEL, UNITED STATES, THESES, CIVILIAN POPULATION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Government and Political Science, Psychology
Keyword(s):
CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS, FICTIONAL SCENARIO
Report Date:
1996 Dec 01
Creation Date:
1997 Jul 09