Review
Good alternate fiction has the effect of waking one from complacency, because it
shows us how the lives that we live (and on the whole take for granted) are
a result of an endless series of events through history; and if any single
one of these events had been different the world we live in would be
different. The logical extrapolation from this is that if such a small
change in the past could have such radical consequences, what of the endless
decisions made daily by governments and individuals today - what path are they
leading us down, and is it the best path?
The Plot Against America is just such a book. Aviation hero, and
vocal Aryan
supremacist, Charles Lindbergh defeats Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential
election on a peace-with-Hitler platform, because the majority of voters fear
that FDR plans to bring the US into the war in...
Beyond the Book
Interesting Links: If you're interested in knowing more about
Lindbergh's life and how it actually panned out, during the war and up to his
death in 1974, you might find these two sites of interest:
CharlesLindbergh.com (a hobby site) and
PBS.org.
