Challenging monoliths : Henry Wallace, Herbert Hoover, and the rise of America in the world, 1874-1965
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation examines the politics, ideas, and cultural beliefs of the Cold War's two most prominent American dissenters: Henry Wallace and Herbert Hoover. From the nation's liberal left wing and conservative right wing, respectively, Wallace and Hoover presented the two most powerful alternative perspectives on the Cold War—and, beyond that, on America's role in the post-World War II world. Focusing primarily on World War II and the Korean War, this study investigates Wallace and Hoover's attempts to contest the nation's global security policies during a critical period in the global Cold War. They failed, and as a result the U.S.-led anti-Communist and U.S.S.R.-led Communist blocs fought an expanded war in Korea that drastically escalated the Cold War arms race and bipolar confrontation for years to come. But their efforts to shape alternatives had a lasting impact on both men and many of their contemporaries into the Vietnam War era and beyond.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Kim, Kevin Young-Min |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of History |
| Primary advisor | Bernstein, Barton J |
| Primary advisor | Chang, Gordon H |
| Thesis advisor | Bernstein, Barton J |
| Thesis advisor | Chang, Gordon H |
| Thesis advisor | Holloway, David |
| Advisor | Holloway, David |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Kevin Young-Min Kim. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of History. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2012. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2012 by Kevin Young-Min Kim
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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