When Fletcher Knebel and Charles Bailey III wrote “Seven Days in May” it was supposed to be a cautionary tale about the Joint Chiefs of Staff plotting to overthrow the elected government of the United States. It was a damned good book and an excellent movie. The plot was suggested by the behavior of Army General Edwin Walker, who was ferociously anti-Communist and was seeing them everywhere, including in the persons of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and former President Harry Truman. JFK accepted his resignation after he was formally admonished by the Joint Chiefs for that and for attempting to politically indoctrinate the soldiers under his command with his right-wing views.

After 11 days of President Trump the premise of the book looks a lot more appealing than it did back in 1962.