"An American Coup d'État?"

"How different is America from nations where political power comes quite directly 'from the barrel of a gun'? A curious footnote to American history suggests that, except for the personal integrity of a remarkable American general, a coup d'état intended to remove President Franklin D. Roosevelt from office in 1934 might have plunged America into civil war."

A fascinating article about the attempted coup can be found at http://home.iprimus.com.au/korob/fdtcards/Butler.html