Collusion with the USSR: Why did FDR’s Vice President visit the …
WEBIn May 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt sent Henry Wallace to Magadan, Siberia. Shielded from the real horrors, the American came away in high spirits,...
Three Days in “Auschwitz without Gas Chambers”: Henry A. Wallace…
WEBSep 9, 2024 · In late May 1944, a group of four American officials headed by US Vice President Henry A. Wallace visited the Soviet Far East on the way to China.
Henry A. Wallace - Wikipedia
WEBIn mid-1944, Wallace toured the Soviet Union, China, [92] and Mongolia. [93] The USSR presented its American guests with a fully sanitized version of gulag labor camps in Magadan and Kolyma, claiming that all the workers were volunteers. [94]
A Genuine Case of Collusion | Foreign Affairs
WEBMar 19, 2024 · In 1948, Henry Wallace, the former agriculture secretary, commerce secretary, and vice president under President Franklin Roosevelt, bolted from the Democratic Party, took leadership of a new Progressive Party, and challenged President Harry Truman in the general election.
The Secretary of Commerce Urges Peaceful Coexistence With Russia
WEB3 days ago · Henry A. Wallace, Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice president and Secretary of Commerce under Harry Truman, delivered this speech to a gathering of leftist and liberal groups in New York's Madison Square Garden in 1946.
The World That Wasn’t | Council on Foreign Relations
WEBJan 9, 2024 · The World That Wasn’t. Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century. A dramatic and powerful new perspective on the political career of Henry Wallace—a perspective that will forever...
The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the …
WEBBenn Steil’s fascinating “What if?” study of Wallace’s eventful career, based on troves of new Russian and FBI archival finds, sheds an important new light on how U.S. and Soviet foreign policy...
Henry Wallace and the Origins of the Cold War, With Benn Steil
WEBJan 30, 2024 · So what I discovered among the fascinating documents I found in the Russian archives was that in March of 1948, Henry Wallace made secret contact with the Soviet UN Ambassador, Andrei Gromyko...
Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945) - Miller Center
WEBHe was likely relieved when Roosevelt made use of him as something of a roaming ambassador, sending him on tours throughout Latin America, China, and the Soviet Union. Soviet officials gave Wallace a well-orchestrated tour, which left him with a favorable impression of the USSR that proved politically damaging in the long run.
New Book Examines the Colorful and Tumultuous Political Career of Henry …
WEBJan 9, 2024 · In a new book filled with political drama and intrigue, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Senior Fellow Benn Steil offers the richest and deepest biographical study to date of Henry A....