The Plots Against the President

FDR, A Nation in Crisis, and the Rise of the American Right

An anarchist assassin, demagogues, and a plotted coup d’état—the forgotten history of the forces that lashed out against FDR as he took the helm of a country on the brink. In March 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt finally became the nation's thirty-second president. The man swept in by a landslide four months earlier now took charge of a country in the grip of panic brought on by economic catastrophe. Though no one yet knew it-not even Roosevelt-it was a radical moment in America. And with all of its unmistakable resonance with events of today, it is a cautionary tale. The Plots Against the President follows Roosevelt as he struggled to right the teetering nation, armed with little more than indomitable optimism and the courage to try anything. His bold New Deal experiments provoked a backlash from both extremes of the political spectrum. Wall Street bankers threatened by FDR's policies made common cause with populist demagogues like Huey Long and Charles Coughlin. But just how far FDR's enemies were willing to go to thwart him has never been fully explored. Two startling events that have been largely ignored by historians frame Sally Denton's swift, tense narrative of a year of fear: anarchist Giuseppe Zangara's assassination attempt on Roosevelt, and a plutocrats' plot to overthrow the government that would come to be known as the Wall Street Putsch. The Plots Against the President throws light on the darkest chapter of the Depression and the moments when the fate of the American republic hung in the balance.

great book about one of the greatest presidents in American history.

This book is a fantastic insight into the life of FDR and how the capitalist class has always been a thrust to America and its democracy. From the Great Depression came one of America's greatest presidents who help build the American working class and save this nation from fascism that was becoming a growing threat both abroad and at home. I would give it 5 stars across the board but it was read by AI and therefore took a job away from a hardworking American. I highly recommend this book to all who want to learn about FDR and how he helped save this nation from the greed of Wall Street.

Very interesting facts but virtual voice doesn’t do it justice

I throughly enjoyed the book but found the virtual voice distracting. There were many mispronunciations. It is a poor substitute for a human reader!