AHC: Military coup in the United States

With a POD going back no further than 1900, have the United States government overthrown and a constitution suspended in a military coup, and the country overtaken by a military government.

You're welcome to also create scenarios of what happens after, such as return to democracy or military dictatorship.
 
The easiest scenario would probably be for a military provisional government to assume temporary power after limited nuclear war destroyed the civilian government beyond repair within the existing constitutional framework, but that probably violates the spirit of the ACH.

Another category of scenario would be a counter-coup against a President who's executed a self-coup. Maybe the President has asserted extreme unconstitutional powers, somehow brushed aside attempts by Congress and the Courts to push back, and assembled enough of a clique in the Senate to stave off impeachment. The military then steps in to remove the President and holds power until they can sort things out.

Then there's Seven Days in May scenarios, where military leadership with the ability to execute a coup believes there's an imminent existential threat to the US, which the President refused to do anything about. I think these have been discussed here in the past, and agreed to be plausible enough for a good story, but pretty darn unlikely to have actually happened.

Then there's a more traditional military coup scenario. Here's an article outlining a then-future-history scenario to that effect, written by a senior military officer in the early 90s:
http://strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/parameters/Articles/2010winter/Dunlap_Jr.pdf
 
Well there was the 'Business Plot'. It is claimed one or more of the mega business men attempted to organize a coup against Roosevelt. Irene DuPont may have been one of the plotters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Coup.htm

Another category of scenario would be a counter-coup against a President who's executed a self-coup. Maybe the President has asserted extreme unconstitutional powers, somehow brushed aside attempts by Congress and the Courts to push back, and assembled enough of a clique in the Senate to stave off impeachment. The military then steps in to remove the President and holds power until they can sort things out.

That was the premise of 'It Cant Happen Here' by Sinclair Lewis. A quasi Facist group gains the presidency, ends constitutional government, and then disintegrates in internal squabbling. After this group degenerates into incomptency the US Army jails them and some General or other is in charge and baffled as to how to restore civil government.
 
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