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Author name: Jules Archer

: The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 322.420973
EAN num: 9781602390362
ISBN number: 1602390363
Label: Skyhorse Publishing
Manufacturer: Skyhorse Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 256
Printing Date: 2007-03
Publishing house: Skyhorse Publishing
Sale Popularity Level: 48601
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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 very first American Caesar. He, though, was a true patriot and revealed the plot to journalists and to Congress. In a time when a sitting 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.




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Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - "Fascinating and alarmingly true!" - Time Magazine
Smedley Darlington Butler - A U.S. Marine War hero picked by the corporate elite to oust FDR so they could install their own fascist dictator. Impossible you say? You've never heard of him because they don't teach this stuff in school. I guess it's not that important... Or maybe the wrong people would have to be hung for treason. If Butler had not been such a stand-up guy, WWII would have been quite different, we would now have a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT, and we would all be slaves. Whether you know, suspect, or reject the proposition that history is not a series of random events, you must read this book.


Rated by buyers 3 out of 5 stars - A flawed perspective on a forgotten patriot
Smedley D. Butler deserves a heroes place in the annals of history and yet 95% of the populace will give you a quizzical look when asked about him or the 'business plot'.
I eagerly anticipated having a book that was supposed to codify all the facts pertaining to this plot that I could recommend to friends and family.
Alas Mr Archer own opinions and conclusions drawn, dwarfed those of Mr. Butler(RIP). The high points of this book lie in the middle where we learn of his war exploits that shaped his later anti-interventionist stance and towards the end where select pieces from the hearings and Butlers testimony are pieced in sequential order followed by an all too brief somewhat condescending write up of his anti-war activities at the end of his life.

I will briefly detail some of the flaws below
The story is told directly from Butlers POV which one normally wouldn't find problematic except that the author was very sparse on details pertaining to the plot(the leaders and companies) who only received brief mentions while a good chunk of the book focuses on the plotters emissary(as opposed to the hearings and that fact that Butler was proven right yet not a single charge was brought forth!) Gerald Macguire trying to convince butler to head the coup.

The author also liberally threw around terms like conservative/fascist in a related fashion and grouping leftists(communist included) as the good guys in this story. Note Butler never says this as wall street and the bankers hold sway over both political parties but apparently Archer imposed his paradigmic view on the events that transpired. A fully fleshed view would take into account this was a fascist coup for sure but it included members of both parties of the so called opposing view points.

The gold standard received a fair amount of lambasting based on the fact that it was the cover used by the plotters to appeal to anti-FDR sentiment and a cover to cloak their real interests. The issue of gold is treated as a fascist and bourgeois position of great fallacy even though Smedley Butler never criticized the economics of a gold standard(rather he remarked at what did it have to do w/ a veterans bonus bill?) Whether you support it or not the fact that was this should have taken second fiddle to the issue of the plot and its instigators.

It may have been that this information was not available at the time the author wrote the book but I found it interesting that Prescott Bush and one of Hitlers financiers Fritz Thyssen amongst other prominent men connected to the plot were nowhere mentioned.
John Buchanan does a great job of documenting this.

A last point of personal annoyance was that Mr Butlers amazing anti-intervention writings and speeches were dismissed by the author as stubborn minded, he even criticized Butler on his stance of keeping the USA out of WW2 claiming he was bitter which stopped him from seeing the danger of America staying neutral which is absurd and has been rebutted with in books such as 'human smoke' & 'Churchill, hitler, and the unnecessary war' which show through the historical record that butler was right about US involvement in foreign lands and wars as folly.
The author incorrectly labels Butler a pacifist and isolationist as opposed to an anti-interventionist which butler clearly was(read his book 'war is a racket' to hear it straight from the man) and in the derogatory manner one hears the Neo-Cons try to smear ron paul with.

Smedley Butler deserves his story told better, to make up for this books rough edges I would recommend you research Butler and the Business Plot yourself, you can obtain documents on the web about the hearings, top 50 plotters involved at relative little costs.
A great companion to this book is Wall Street and FDR by Antony C. Sutton which fills in the gaps where Jules Archer dismissed claims that FDR would cave in as a puppet and how his administration was filled with members of the elite plotters and FDR himself became a tool of this new order.



Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - History repeats itself
We've all been taught that history repeats itself but struggle to recall specific moments in history that show this axiom to be true. Jules Archer writing in the 1970's shows a moment in history happening to us this day in the 21st century. The relentless assault on our constitution by the right wing of todays Republican party shows that this has happened before in our great Democratic-Republic and it was only thwarted by people brave enough and a Press free enough to expose the power of big money interests.A blueprint for what the average American needs to know if we wish to preserve our constitutional privileges.


Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - A great book about a little known part of history
This is a great little book (available for free download on the net, but still better to get a hard copy) about a proto fascist plot to seize the White House in 1933 (otherwise known as the Business Plot). It goes into great detail about those who were in on the plan, and one Gen. Butler who blew the whistle.

While the actual chance of sucess of the plot was is hard to determine, it was very well organized. It needed the support of Veterans groups like the VFW (whose leadership declined involvement), and a lot of things to break just right. But there was a plot, and the fallout of the failed plot was common knowledge for those alive at the time. Ask your grandparents about it, and many will remember this in the headlines.

Interestingly enough, there was also communists/socialist (in the terms of the time Red instead of Black) plots, though none as well organized as the one outlined in this book. The 1930's were a time of great social upheaval, and many thought that capitalism had failed and were looking for a "new" system. A revoluntionary coup was not only unsurprising at the time, but expected by many.


Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Those that dont know history are bound to repeat it
A great read for the American public; another opportunity to review their democratic system in the light of the real forces behind their goverment...

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