The World That Wasn't
Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century
New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2024, ©2024.
Format: Book
Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Description: 687 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
"From the acclaimed economist-historian and author of The Marshall Plan comes a dramatic and powerful new perspective on the political career of Henry Wallace-a perspective that will forever change how we view the making of US and Soviet foreign policy at the dawn of the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Why Wallace? -- Of maize, math, and mysticism -- The farmer's New Deal -- The guru and the new country -- Fighting fascists, planning peace -- Into Siberia -- China, through a glass darkly -- History's pivot -- Keeping up with the Joneses -- "60 million jobs," four million strikers -- Mission to Moscow -- The odd tale of the Sino-Soviet Treaty -- The nuclear option -- The New Republic -- Gideon's Red Army -- Collusion -- The people speak -- Belief betrayed.
Subjects:
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965.
Vice-presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- United States.
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965.
Vice-presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- United States.
ISBN:
9781982127824
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Wallace, Henry A. | Main (Downtown) | Biography | Coming Soon |
"A Council on Foreign Relations book" -- title page.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.