The Plot Against America

'Though on the morning after the election disbelief prevailed, especially among the pollsters, by the next everybody seemed to understand everything...'

When celebrity aviator Charles A. Lindbergh wins the 1940 presidential election on the slogan of 'America First', fear invades every Jewish household.

• Lindbergh has not only blamed the Jews for pushing America towards war with Germany, but he has also negotiated an 'understanding' with the Nazis, promising peace between the two nations.

Growing up in the 'ghetto' of Newark, Philip Roth recounts his childhood caught in the stranglehold of this counterfactual nightmare.

• As America sinks into its own dark metamorphosis, Jewish families are torn apart.
• Fear and uncertainty spread across the nation.

Who really is President Lindbergh?
And to what end has he hijacked America?