Title: Henry Wallace, Harry Truman, and the Cold War
Product review: Walton's book is meant to be a vigorous defense of Henry Wallace and the Far Left during the 40's and 50s. But, intended or not, what Walton inadvertently reveals is that Wallace was a pompous fool. If not a "fellow traveler," then he was one of the "useful idiots" on the left that Lenin laughed about. Wallace is revealed as so pro-Soviet as to be blind to the true nature of totalitarian communism, naive to the point of being dangerous and reckless, arrogant and haughty, and driven by passions the author does not want to delve into. The book also reveals, inadvertently, the duplicity of intellectuals on the left and the stars of the entertainment world who, knowingly or not, were essentially working on behalf of Stalin. This is the huge dirty secret the Left continues to lie about, distort, and suppress. Walton's attempt to defend Wallace and the left backfired admirably.
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