For George H.W. Bush firing Reagan people see:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/bonus-video/presidents-unity-bush/
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/04/12/the-mitt-hw-bush-problem
Wow! I considered myself politically aware in the 1980s, and yet I don’t remember a thing about this putsch. Thank you.