Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-651) and index.
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.
Summary:
"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 atthe dawn of the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher.
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