The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 1982127821 ISBN13: 9781982127824 Release Date: January 2024 Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Length: 704 Pages Weight: 2.00 lbs. Dimensions: 3.1" x 6.3" x 8.7" From the acclaimed economist-historian and author of The Marshall Plan, a "timely, riveting" (The Washington Post) new perspective on the political career of Henry Wallace--one that will forever change how we view the making of US and Soviet foreign policy at the dawn of the Cold War. Henry Wallace is the most important, and certainly the most fascinating, almost-president in American history. As FDR's third-term vice president, and a hero to many progressives, he lost his place on the 1944 Democratic ticket in a wild open convention, resulting in Harry Truman becoming president upon FDR's death. Books, films, and even plays have since portrayed the circumstances surrounding Wallace's defeat as corrupt, and the results catastrophic. Filmmaker Oliv