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Readers buzz over history of the Business Plot
Original: Finished reading https:// app.thestorygraph.com/books/4e efef73-a6cc-4db7-8a95-63eea7561b21 # books # booksky # bookthre
A reader has finished a book about the so-called Business Plot, the alleged 1930s scheme in which retired US Marine general Smedley Butler was said to have been approached to help overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The book, logged on the reading tracker StoryGraph and tagged with history, politics and military themes, is drawing fresh attention among book lovers sharing their reading updates online.
Why now: Interest in the Business Plot endures as readers share reading updates and revisit this little-taught episode of American political history.
Smedley ButlerBusiness PlotStoryGraphFranklin D. Roosevelt
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 6 snapshots from 6 h ago to 12 min ago.
Evidence
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