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Author:

Steil, Benn, author.

Title:

The world that wasn't : Henry Wallace and the fate of the American century / Benn Steil.

Edition:

First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Avid Reader Press,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

687 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Wallace, Henry A.--(Henry Agard),--1888-1965.
Vice-presidents--United States--Biography.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
United States--Relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Relations--United States.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1982127821
9781982127824

LCCN:

2023035161

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)