Henry Wallace's 1948 Presidential Campaign and the Future of Postwar Liberalism

Contents

CONTENTS Preface, ix 1 / A Frenchman Named Duclos, 1 The Communists and the Origins of the Progressive Party 2 / I Shall Run as an Independent Candidate for President, 35 Launching Gideon’s Army 3 / One Robin Doesn’t Bring No Spring, 71 Early Victories and Mounting Attacks 4 / Wall Street Is in the Saddle, 95 Henry Wallace’s Critique of Containment 5 / Like a Silken Thread Running Through the Whole Thing, 123 Lead-Up to the National Convention and the Crafting of a Third Party Platform 6 / The Whole Place Has Gone Wallace Wacky, 156 The Founding Convention of the Progressive Party 7 / Rolling Downhill, 180 Post-Convention Fallout and Dropouts 8 / Too Damned Long in the Woods to Be Fooled by Weasels, 200 Youth, Labor, Spies, and the Post-Convention Campaign 9 / Thirty Years Too Soon, 233 Gideon’s Army Invades Dixie 10 / Truman Defeats Wallace, 269 Denouement Conclusion, 286 Notes, 293 Bibliography, 355 Acknowledgments, 395 Index, 399 This page intentionally left blank ...