A Dangerous Dupe.

Benn Steil's biography, "The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century," explores the life and impact of Henry Agard Wallace, a prominent figure in American politics from 1933 to 1948. Steil argues that if Wallace had become president after Franklin Roosevelt's death, the postwar world order would have been drastically different, with no Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, or West Germany. Wallace's tenure as agriculture secretary during the New Deal era saw radical policies, such as ordering farms to plow under crops and slaughtering millions of pigs, which set a precedent for agriculture subsidies. Additionally, Wallace's association with mysticism and his controversial foreign policy views, including his admiration for the Soviet Union, have been scrutinized. [Extracted from the article]