Henry Wallace was vice president from 1941–45 under Franklin D. Roosevelt and came close to becoming president. This segment of What’s Ahead details why Wallace’s political career provides a sober ...

HENRY WALLACE (187 pp. — Dwighf Macdonald—Yanguard ($2.50). The political activities of Henry Wallace frighten the Democratic bosses, delight the Republicans, and frequently puzzle both. To Author ...

1.) The politicians who do not make it to the Oval Office are sometimes just as consequential in shaping U.S. foreign policy as those who do. Henry Wallace served as vice president during Franklin D.

Today, politicians on both sides of the aisle like to compete for the “populist” label. They would do well to consider the example of a real populist — Henry A. Wallace. Throughout his career, Wallace ...

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Benn Steil, senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss his new book, The World That Wasn’t: Henry Wallace ...

The World That Wasn’t: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century; By Benn Steil; Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster; 704 pp., $40 Wallace first became renowned because of corn, not ...

Henry A. Wallace, the subject of Benn’s recent political biography, was FDR’s agriculture secretary during his first two terms, from 1933-1940. This period marked an enormous expansion of the ...

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