that period Pelley had published false and libelous statements, published inaccurate reports and advertising, and supported a secret military organization. In popular culture Sinclair Lewis's novel It Can't Happen Here depicts a fascist takeover of the United States by an anti-Roosevelt demagogue who claims inspiration from the Silver Legion of America. The grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV depicts the Silver Legion as its fascist archetype of the United States, as the Free American Empire. See also Authoritarianism Christian Identity Christian nationalism Christian Nationalist Crusade Christian Party (United States, 1930s) Creativity (religion) German American Bund Political uniform Ulrich Fleischhauer Ku Klux Klan Neo-Confederate Radical right (United States) White nationalism Wotansvolk List of fascist movements List of Ku Klux Klan organizations List of neo-Nazi organizations List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate groups List of white nationalist organizations References Notes Further reading Allen, Joe "'It Can't Happen Here?': Confronting the Fascist Threat in the US in the Late 1930s," International Socialist Review, Part One: whole no. 85 (Sept.-Oct. 2012), pp. 26–35; Part Two: whole no. 87 (Jan.-Feb. 2013), pp. 19–28. Ribuffo, Leo Paul The Old Christian Right: The Protestant Far Right from the Great Depression to the Cold War. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983. Spivak, John L. Secret Armies: The New Technique of Nazi Warfare. New York: Modern Age Books, 1939. Werly, John The Millenarian Right: William Dudley Pelley and the Silver Legion of America. PhD dissertation. Syracuse University, 1972. Yeadon, Glen. The Nazi Hydra in America. Joshua Tree, CA: Progressive Press, 2008. External links Photo of a Silver Legion of America meeting in the 1930s: The Holocaust Chronicle: PROLOGUE: Roots of the Holocaust, page 89 The American Jewish Committees' archive on the Silver Shirts: Atlas Obscura article on Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch 1933 establishments in the United States 1941 disestablishments in the United States American fascist movements Antisemitism in the United States Asheville, North Carolina Clothing in politics Organizations established in 1933 Organizations disestablished in 1941 Paramilitary organizations based in the United States Political parties established in 1933 Social history of the United States White supremacist groups in the United States