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Author:
Rachel Maddow
Publisher:
Crown
Date:
October 17, 2023
Traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis. Inspired by her research for the hit podcast Ultra, Rachel Maddow charts the rise of a wild American strain of authoritarianism that has been alive on the far-right edge of our politics for the better part of a century.
What The Reviewers Say
Maddow focuses on the eve of World War II, when homegrown fascists sought to create an American Reich.
Vivid, urgent, smart.
here’s a focused awe in discovering something historic that has contemporary relevance, and Maddow’s sublime research into the precursors of current existential threats is astonishingly deep. She finds rabbit holes even rabbits are unaware of, conveying her wonderment with a jaunty 'hey, look at this' enthusiasm. Yet for all her geeky ardor, there is a countervailing solemnity. Maddow wants her audience to pay attention, for failing to do so is to repeat history’s close calls, or worse..
America beat fascism once. Maddow’s timely study of enemies on the homefront urges that we can do so again..
