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-- Ultra, That effort worked--tongue and groove--alongside an ultra-right paramilitary movement that stockpiled bombs and weapons and trained for mass murder and violent insurrection. At the same time, a handful of extraordinary activists and journalists were tracking the scheme, exposing it even as it was unfolding. In 1941 the U.S. Department of Justice finally made a frontal attack, identifying the key plotters, finding their backers, and prosecuting dozens in federal court. None of it went as planned. While the scheme has been remembered in history--if at all--as the work of fringe players, in reality it involved a large number of some of the country's most influential elected officials. Their interference in law enforcement efforts against the plot is a dark story of the rule of law bending and then breaking under the weight of political intimidation. That failure of the legal system had consequences. The tentacles of that unslain beast have reached forward into our history for decades. But the heroic efforts of the activists, journalists, prosecutors, and regular citizens who sought to expose the insurrectionists also make for a deeply resonant, deeply relevant tale in our own disquieting times. |
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Downloadable audio file. |
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Read by the author. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
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Fascism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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National socialism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Nazis -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Antisemitism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- United States.
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Disinformation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Right-wing extremists -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Trials (Sedition) -- United States.
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United States -- Relations -- Germany.
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Germany -- Relations -- United States.
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Audiobooks.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Maddow, Rachel. Prequel New York, New York : Random House Audio, [2023] 9780593868317 |
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9780593788684 |
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0593788680 |
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