It Can't Happen Here

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It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's struggle against the fascist regime of America' new president, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip. Windripis elected on a platform promising to restore prosperity and $5,000 a year for all citizens. Once in office, however, he becomes a dictator, among other things, putting his enemies in concentration camps.

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Subjects

  • Anti-fascist movements
  • Presidents
  • Newspaper editors
  • Fiction
  • Drama
  • Science fiction
  • Dictators
  • Fascists
  • Election
  • Presidents, united states, fiction
  • Vermont, fiction
  • Canada, fiction
  • Fiction, political
  • American fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • Fiction, historical, general
  • Fiction, war & military
  • Patriotism
  • Revolutions
  • Politics and government
  • Elections
  • Présidents
  • Élection
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Antifascisme
  • Rédacteurs en chef
  • Dictateurs
  • Fascistes

Places

  • Canada
  • Vermont
  • United States