The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth
Published in 2004 by Houghton Mifflin In The Plot Against America , Philip Roth creates an alternate history centered around the presidential election of 1940. FDR doesn't run against Wendell Willkie. Instead, Charles Lindbergh enters the contest at the convention as an anti-war candidate and defeats Roosevelt. In the real world, Lindbergh was friendly towards the Nazi regime in Germany and made several public anti-Semitic comments so Roth's little twist to history is not out of line. Also, Lindbergh spoke at several "America First" anti-war rallies in 1940 and 1941. The first part of this book is the strongest. The alternate history moves briskly, the introduction to the Roth family and its main character, Philip (I can only assume that this is intended to be an alternate history autobiography) proceeds well. Lindbergh speaking at an America First rally However, after the part of the book about the family trip to Washington, D.C. The Plot Against Amer