Subject: Re: The Generals: What Really Happened
IT'S GOOD the Generals are talking.....we need to rely more on them and no civilian leadership....from now on.

You are assuming there is no "General Walker" in the ranks, anymore? I wouldn't take that bet.

During December 1961, as a civilian, Walker began a career making political speeches along with Billy James Hargis. Walker enjoyed enthusiastic crowds all over the United States and his anti-communist message was popular. He also promoted the McCarthyist belief that communists were inside the United States government. Walker's home base was Dallas, Texas, where he received considerable assistance from oil billionaire, publisher and radio host H. L. Hunt. Hunt assisted Walker's first campaign for governor of Texas. A Newsweek cover proclaimed Walker the public face of the anti-communist conservative movement.[14] Mayor of Dallas, Earle Cabell, declared Walker an honorary citizen of Dallas and presented him with a cowboy hat during an event at the Memorial Auditorium.[15]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

There has been persistent discussion that the General in "Seven Days In May" was pattered after Walker.

From the Google net sifter:

Yes, the character of General James Mattoon Scott in Seven Days in May was partially patterned after General Edwin Walker, an Army general known for his radical right-wing views and attempts to politick while in uniform, though he was also influenced by Air Force General Curtis LeMay. Both real-life figures were controversial military figures of the era, and their actions and views contributed to the composite character of Scott, who opposes a nuclear disarmament treaty and leads a military coup.

Steve...has the book and the movie, on DVD.