It Can't Happen Here / Lewis, Sinclair

Senator "Buzz" Windrip, having used hot rhetoric, warm folksiness, and cold calculation to get into the White House, proceeds to bring in his own paramilitary storm troopers, seizes control of the government, and sets in motion his totalitarian program.

Senator "Buzz" Windrip, having used hot rhetoric, warm folksiness, and cold calculation to get into the White House, proceeds to bring in his own paramilitary storm troopers, seizes control of the government, and sets in motion his totalitarian program.

Political satire exploring how America could easily become a totalitarian state.

Outraged at Hitler's aggression in Europe, Lewis produced this warning novel about the fragility of democracy in America, and how easily we could be turned into a totalitarian dictatorship.