Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign and the future of postwar liberalism
Devine, Thomas W.
Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign and the future of postwar liberalism [electronic resource] / Thomas W. Devine. - First edition. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]. - 1 online resource (xiv, 408 pages )
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-393) and index.
"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"--
9781469607924 1469607921
Wallace, Henry A. 1888-1965.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Presidents--Election--United States--1948
Political campaigns--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
Electronic books.
E748.W23 / D48 2013
973.918
Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign and the future of postwar liberalism [electronic resource] / Thomas W. Devine. - First edition. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]. - 1 online resource (xiv, 408 pages )
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-393) and index.
"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"--
9781469607924 1469607921
Wallace, Henry A. 1888-1965.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Presidents--Election--United States--1948
Political campaigns--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
Electronic books.
E748.W23 / D48 2013
973.918