Charles 1. Dunlap, Jr., in Parameters (Winter 1992- 93), U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pa. 17013-5050.
The year is 2012 and the White House is abruptly taken over General Thomas E. T. Brutus, heretofore merely the uniformed chief of the unified armed forces. Upon the president's death and the vice president's
not entirely voluntary retirement, Brutus declares martial law, postpones elections, and names himself permanent Military Plenipotentiary. The coup is rati- fied in...