Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign and the future of postwar liberalism / Thomas W. Devine.
Devine, Thomas W.
2013
E 748 .W23 D48 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign and the future of postwar liberalism / Thomas W. Devine.
Author
Devine, Thomas W.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781469602035 (hardback)
1469602032 (hardback)
9781469622088
1469622084
9781469607924
1469607921
9781469602042
1469602040
Published
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Language
English
Description
xiv, 408 pages ; 25 cm
Item Number
40022472764
Call Number
E 748 .W23 D48 2013
Alternate Call Number
HIS036060 POL008000
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.918
Summary
"In the presidential campaign of 1948, Henry Wallace set out to challenge the conventional wisdom of his time, blaming the United States, and not the Soviet Union, for the Cold War, denouncing the popular Marshall Plan, and calling for an end to segregation. In addition, he argued that domestic fascism--rather than international communism--posed the primary threat to the nation. He even welcomed Communists into his campaign, admiring their commitment to peace. Focusing on what Wallace himself later considered his campaign's most important aspect, the troubled relationship between non-Communist progressives like himself and members of the American Communist Party, Thomas W. Devine demonstrates that such an alliance was not only untenable but, from the perspective of the American Communists, undesirable, as well"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-393) and index.
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One Robin Doesn't Bring No Spring: Early Victories and Mounting Attacks
Wall Street Is in the Saddle: Henry Wallace's Critique of Containment
Like a Silken Thread Running Through the Whole Thing: Lead-Up to the National Convention and the Crafting of a Third Party Platform
The Whole Place Has Gone Wallace Wacky: The Founding Convention of the Progressive Party
Rolling Downhill: Post-Convention Fallout and Dropouts
Too Damned Long in the Woods to Be Fooled by Weasels: Youth, Labor, Spies, and the Post-Convention Campaign
Thirty Years Too Soon: Gideon's Army Invades Dixie
Truman Defeats Wallace: Denouement
Conclusion.

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