Prequel : [an American fight against fascism]
(Audiobook CD)

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New York, N.Y. : Penguin Random House Audio ;, [2023].
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Audiobook CD
Edition
Unabridged.
ISBN
9780593868317, 0593868315
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11 audio discs (13 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Random House Audio ;, [2023].
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
ISBN
9780593868317, 0593868315
UPC
9780593868317

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Compact discs.
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Read by the author.
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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. Before and even after our troops had begun fighting abroad in World War II, a clandestine network flooded the country with disinformation aimed at sapping the strength of the U.S. war effort and persuading Americans that our natural alliance was?with?the Axis, not against it. It was a sophisticated and shockingly well-funded campaign to undermine democratic institutions, promote antisemitism, and destroy citizens' confidence in their elected leaders, with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the U.S. government and installing authoritarian rule. 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 it 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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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Media973.917 MaddowAvailable
Morristown-Morris Township Library - Adult Media - NewCD 320.53 MADAvailable
Randolph Township Library - Adult MediaCD 320.533 MADAvailable
Rockaway Township Library - Adult Media - AudiobooksCD V/ 320.533/ MADAvailable
Roxbury Library - Adult Media - AudiobooksAUDIOBK 320.533 MADDOWAvailable

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Maddow, R. (2023). Prequel: [an American fight against fascism] (Unabridged.). Penguin Random House Audio ;.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Maddow, Rachel. 2023. Prequel: [an American Fight against Fascism]. Penguin Random House Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Maddow, Rachel. Prequel: [an American Fight against Fascism] Penguin Random House Audio, 2023.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Maddow, Rachel. Prequel: [an American Fight against Fascism] Unabridged., Penguin Random House Audio ;, 2023.

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