Editing Henry A. Wallace (section)

==Legacy==

During his time in the Roosevelt administration, Wallace became a controversial figure, attracting a mix of praise and criticism for various actions.<ref>Culver & Hyde (2000), pp. 312</ref><ref name="senatevpbio"/> He remains a controversial figure today.<ref name="Gross1"/><ref name="seal1"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hornaday |first1=Ann |title='Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States': Facts through a new lens |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/oliver-stones-untold-history-of-the-united-states-facts-through-a-new-lens/2012/11/11/958e2088-2b6a-11e2-bab2-eda299503684_story.html |access-date=January 12, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=November 11, 2012}}</ref> Historian [[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.]] pronounced Wallace to be both "an incorrigibly naive politician" and "the best secretary of agriculture the country has ever had".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schlesinger |first1=Arthur Jr. |title=Who Was Henry A. Wallace ? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-12-bk-7842-story.html |access-date=January 12, 2019 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 12, 2000}}</ref> Journalist [[Peter Beinart]] writes that Wallace's "naive faith in U.S.-Soviet cooperation" damaged his legacy. Historian Andrew Seal lauds Wallace for his focus on combating both economic and racial inequality.<ref name="seal1">{{cite news |last1=Seal |first1=Andrew |title=What a former vice president can teach Democrats about racial and economic inequality |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/06/08/what-a-former-vice-president-can-teach-democrats-about-racial-and-economic-inequality/ |access-date=January 1, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=June 8, 2018}}</ref> Wallace's vision of the "Century of the Common Man", which denied [[American exceptionalism]] in foreign policy, continues to influence the foreign policy of individuals like [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref name="beinart">{{cite magazine |last1=Beinart |first1=Peter |title=Bernie Sanders Offers a Foreign Policy for the Common Man |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/bernie-sanders-and-end-american-century/573001/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 12, 2019 |magazine=The Atlantic |date=October 15, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190115023411/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/bernie-sanders-and-end-american-century/573001/ |archive-date= Jan 15, 2019 }}</ref> In 2013, historian Thomas W. Devine wrote that "newly available Soviet sources do confirm Wallace's position that Moscow's behavior was not as relentlessly aggressive as many believed at the time". Yet Devine also writes that "enough new information has come to light to cast serious doubt both on Wallace's benign attitude toward Stalin's intentions and on his dark, conspiratorial view of the Truman administration".<ref>Devine (2013), p. xiv</ref>

Alex Ross of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' writes, "with the exception of [[Al Gore]], Wallace remains the most famous almost-president in American history".<ref name="ross1"/> Journalist [[Jeff Greenfield]] writes that the 1944 Democratic National Convention was one of the most important political events of the twentieth century, since the leading contenders for the nomination might have governed in vastly different ways.<ref name="greenfield1"/> In ''[[The Untold History of the United States]]'', [[Oliver Stone]] argues that, had Wallace become president in 1945, "there might have been no atomic bombings, no nuclear arms race, and no Cold War".<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Wiener |first1=John |title=Oliver Stone's 'Untold History' |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/oliver-stones-untold-history/ |access-date=January 12, 2019 |magazine=The Nation |date=November 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldman |first1=Andrew |title=Oliver Stone Rewrites History — Again |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/magazine/oliver-stone-rewrites-history-again.html |access-date=January 11, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 22, 2012}}</ref> By contrast, Ron Capshaw of the conservative ''[[National Review]]'' argues that a President Wallace would have practiced a policy of [[appeasement]] that would have allowed the spread of Communism into countries like Iran, Greece, and Italy.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Capshaw |first1=Ron |title=Henry Wallace: Unsung Hero of the Left |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/04/henry-wallace-unsung-hero-left-ron-capshaw/ |access-date=January 12, 2019 |magazine=National Review |date=April 4, 2015}}</ref>

The [[Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center]] in [[Beltsville, Maryland]], the largest agricultural research complex in the world, is named for him. Wallace founded the Wallace Genetic Foundation to support agricultural research. His son, Robert, founded the Wallace Global Fund to support [[sustainable development]].<ref name="Gross1">{{cite magazine |last1=Gross |first1=Daniel |title=Seed Money |url=https://slate.com/business/2004/01/the-strange-legacy-of-henry-wallace.html |access-date=January 12, 2019 |magazine=Slate |date=January 8, 2004}}</ref> A speech Wallace delivered in 1942 inspired [[Aaron Copland]] to compose ''[[Fanfare for the Common Man]]''.<ref name="ross1"/> The [[Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum]]'s grounds in [[Hyde Park, New York]], include the Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center at its north end.