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

Steil, Benn, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982127824
  • ISBN: 1982127821
  • Physical Description: 687 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-651) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: 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.
United States > History.
Genre: Biographies.
Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Troutman Branch Library B WALLACE STE (Text) 33114018647669 Adult New Nonfiction Available -


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