num_pages: 288
description: Most people will be shocked to learn that in 1933 a cabal of wealthy industrialists—in league with groups like the K.K.K. and the American Liberty League—planned to overthrow the U.S. government in a fascist coup. Their plan was to turn discontented veterans into American "brown shirts," depose F.D.R., and stop the New Deal. They clandestinely asked Medal of Honor recipient and Marine Major General Smedley Darlington Butler to become the first American Caesar. He, though, was a true patriot and revealed the plot to journalists and to Congress. In a time when a President has invoked national security to circumvent constitutional checks and balances, this episode puts the spotlight on attacks upon our democracy and the individual courage needed to repel them.
language: English
title: The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR
titlecomplete: The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR
characters: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
genres: United States, History, World War II, American History, Biography, Conspiracy Theories, Crime, Nonfiction, Military Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 865
publisher: Skyhorse