Did JFK have any plans for dealing with a military coup? I know the possibility was probably extremely remote in his mind, but didn't certain generals like Curtis LeMay border on outright insubordination? Or is that an exaggeration? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Did JFK have any plans for dealing with a military coup? I know the possibility was probably extremely remote in his mind, but didn't certain generals like Curtis LeMay border on outright insubordination? Or is that an exaggeration?

by chikindiner

Also, did the ~~Society's~~ Soviets have any hint of the mutual antagonism between the President and Joint Chiefs?

Thomz0rz

To piggy back a question on the question about the Soviet Union's intelligence about relationships between the President and the various Joint Chiefs, did the Soviet Union have a term similar to Kremlinology? Or did the relative openness/transparency of our institutions make that unnecessary?