PeterAdams’sTheInsurrectionististhefirstcomprehensivebiographyofMajorGeneralEdwinA.Walker,afigurewho,inthe1950sand1960s,becamealeaderofafar-rightpoliticalmovementknownforitselaborateconspiracytheories,authoritarianism,anduncompromisingwhitesupremacy.SixtyyearsbeforetheJanuary6,2021,attackontheU.S.Capitol,EdwinWalkerwaschargedwithinsurrectionandseditiousconspiracy.HewasarrestedonordersfromtheattorneygeneralafterleadingadeadlyriotagainstfederalmarshalsastheyprotectedthefirstAfricanAmericanstudentattemptingtoregisterattheUniversityofMississippi.ThosewhoflockedtoWalker’ssidebelievedaninvisiblegovernmentworkingwithcoconspiratorsintheKremlinandUnitedNationswouldsoonenslaveAmericaunderaone-worlddictatorship.Walker’sdeepstateconspiracytheoryhasechoedthroughAmericanpoliticalcultureintotheageofQAnon,findinganewhomeamongtoday’sfar-rightextremists.
