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In the presidential campaign of 1948, Henry Wallace set out to challenge the conventional wisdom of his time, blaming the United States, instead of 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. Rather than romanticizing the political culture of the Popular Front, Devine provides a detailed account of the Communists' self-destructive behavior throughout the campaign and chronicles the frustrating challenges that non-Communist progressives faced in trying to sustain a movement that critiqued American Cold War policies and championed civil rights for African Americans without becoming a sounding board for pro-Soviet propaganda.

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A revision of the revisionists.-- The New Yorker Very engrossing.-- Ballot Access News Exhaustively researched and elegantly argued, the book places the Wallace campaign into a larger context of late 1940s post-Popular Front politics that sheds new light on the road of American leftist political activism in these years. -- American Historical Review Thomas W. Devine's new study of Wallace is a serious work of history. The book seems likely to stand as the definitive account of Wallace's ill-fated presidential campaign and the ideological and political developments it represented. -- Journal of Col In some respects, Henry Wallace's 1948 Presidential Campaign and the Future of Postwar Liberalism is a critique of historians who have seen postwar Popular Front liberalism as a positive force in American politics. -- Annals of Iowa A valuable addition to the scholarship on postwar liberalism and American politics in general. -- H-USA Will likely become the definitive volume on the Progressive Party and the 1948 election. -- Journal of Southern History This is not a Wallace biography; it's a penetrating and persuasive account of the first postwar U.S. presidential contest and one of the most contentious in our history. Highly recommended, especially for serious students of American politics and preside [An] excellent book. . . . This will surely remain the definitive work on the Wallace movement for many years to come. -- Journal of American Studies A superb book that gets to the heart of things. Devine has made all previous books on this subject obsolete with new evidence and his interpretation of it. --William L. O'Neill, Rutgers University In some respects, Henry Wallace's 1948 Presidential Campaign and the Future of Postwar Liberalism is a critique of historians who have seen postwar Popular Front liberalism as a positive force in American politics.-- Annals of Iowa [An] excellent book. . . . This will surely remain the definitive work on the Wallace movement for many years to come.-- Journal of American Studies A marvelous example of scholarship on the failure of Wallace and the Progressives in 1948.-- Middle West Review A revision of the revisionists.-- The New Yorker A valuable addition to the scholarship on postwar liberalism and American politics in general.-- H-USA Exhaustively researched and elegantly argued, the book places the Wallace campaign into a larger context of late 1940s post-Popular Front politics that sheds new light on the road of American leftist political activism in these years.-- American Historical Review The research is excellent, and Devine tells the history in a straightforward way. A must read for all students of the period. Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above.-- Choice This book will be the definitive account of Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign.-- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society This is not a Wallace biography; it's a penetrating and persuasive account of the first postwar U.S. presidential contest and one of the most contentious in our history. Highly recommended, especially for serious students of American politics and presidential elections.-- Library Journal Thomas W. Devine's new study of Wallace is a serious work of history. The book seems likely to stand as the definitive account of Wallace's ill-fated presidential campaign and the ideological and political developments it represented.-- Journal of Cold War Studies Very engrossing.-- Ballot Access News Will likely become the definitive volume on the Progressive Party and the 1948 election.-- Journal of Southern History With careful scrutiny of Wallace's language, assumptions, and arguments, Devine offers a fairly devastating portrait of a flawed man and an even more flawed crusade.-- Dissent A revision of the revisionists. -- The New Yorker The research is excellent, and Devine tells the history in a straightforward way. A must read for all students of the period. Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -- Choice This book will be the definitive account of Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign. -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Very engrossing. -- Ballot Access News With careful scrutiny of Wallace's language, assumptions, and arguments, Devine offers a fairly devastating portrait of a flawed man and an even more flawed crusade. -- Dissent A revision of the revisionists. - The New Yorker Very engrossing. - Ballot Access News

A revision of the revisionists.-- The New Yorker Very engrossing.-- Ballot Access News Exhaustively researched and elegantly argued, the book places the Wallace campaign into a larger context of late 1940s post-Popular Front politics that sheds new light on the road of American leftist political activism in these years. -- American Historical Review Thomas W. Devine's new study of Wallace is a serious work of history. The book seems likely to stand as the definitive account of Wallace's ill-fated presidential campaign and the ideological and political developments it represented. -- Journal of Col In some respects, Henry Wallace's 1948 Presidential Campaign and the Future of Postwar Liberalism is a critique of historians who have seen postwar Popular Front liberalism as a positive force in American politics. -- Annals of Iowa A valuable addition to the scholarship on postwar liberalism and American politics in general. -- H-USA Will likely become the definitive volume on the Progressive Party and the 1948 election. -- Journal of Southern History This is not a Wallace biography; it's a penetrating and persuasive account of the first postwar U.S. presidential contest and one of the most contentious in our history. Highly recommended, especially for serious students of American politics and preside [An] excellent book. . . . This will surely remain the definitive work on the Wallace movement for many years to come. -- Journal of American Studies A superb book that gets to the heart of things. Devine has made all previous books on this subject obsolete with new evidence and his interpretation of it. --William L. O'Neill, Rutgers University Very engrossing. - Ballot Access News A revision of the revisionists. - The New Yorker With careful scrutiny of Wallace's language, assumptions, and arguments, Devine offers a fairly devastating portrait of a flawed man and an even more flawed crusade. -- Dissent Very engrossing. -- Ballot Access News This book will be the definitive account of Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign. -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society The research is excellent, and Devine tells the history in a straightforward way. A must read for all students of the period. Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -- Choice A revision of the revisionists. -- The New Yorker With careful scrutiny of Wallace's language, assumptions, and arguments, Devine offers a fairly devastating portrait of a flawed man and an even more flawed crusade.-- Dissent Will likely become the definitive volume on the Progressive Party and the 1948 election.-- Journal of Southern History Very engrossing.-- Ballot Access News Thomas W. Devine's new study of Wallace is a serious work of history. The book seems likely to stand as the definitive account of Wallace's ill-fated presidential campaign and the ideological and political developments it represented.-- Journal of Cold War Studies This is not a Wallace biography; it's a penetrating and persuasive account of the first postwar U.S. presidential contest and one of the most contentious in our history. Highly recommended, especially for serious students of American politics and presidential elections.-- Library Journal This book will be the definitive account of Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign.-- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society The research is excellent, and Devine tells the history in a straightforward way. A must read for all students of the period. Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above.-- Choice Exhaustively researched and elegantly argued, the book places the Wallace campaign into a larger context of late 1940s post-Popular Front politics that sheds new light on the road of American leftist political activism in these years.-- American Historical Review A valuable addition to the scholarship on postwar liberalism and American politics in general.-- H-USA A revision of the revisionists.-- The New Yorker A marvelous example of scholarship on the failure of Wallace and the Progressives in 1948.-- Middle West Review [An] excellent book. . . . This will surely remain the definitive work on the Wallace movement for many years to come.-- Journal of American Studies In some respects, Henry Wallace's 1948 Presidential Campaign and the Future of Postwar Liberalism is a critique of historians who have seen postwar Popular Front liberalism as a positive force in American politics.-- Annals of Iowa

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