SEVEN DAYS IN MAY

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by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II (1962)

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Set in the early 1970s, the prospect of an impending nuclear disarmament treaty between the USA and Russia has failed to convince a cabal of senior US military brass. They argue that Russia cannot be trusted to disarm. However, the US President is determined to press ahead with the treaty, seeing it as the best opportunity in a generation to reduce the number of nuclear warheads on both sides of the Atlantic. Irreconcilable differences. Deception and skulduggery. A Preakness betting pool. The combination of pollies, brass, and media talking heads, that wish to orchestrate an enormous social upheaval to enforce their world view.  What would an American coup actually look like? Colonel “Jiggs” Casey suspects ECOMCON may provide the answer. But first Casey has to find it, that is if it can be found. Fiction. 372 pages.

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DETAILS:

Title: Seven days in May

Year: 1962

Author: Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II

Pages: 372

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Book review by Keith Salter