Any old timer’s lament about the dearth of foreign-policy bipartisanship will surely invoke, sooner or later, the memory of Arthur Vandenberg—and justifiably so. During World War II and after, the formerly isolationist Republican senator provided critical support to the internationalist policies of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Though he left behind diaries and scrapbooks, there has been no definitive biography of Vandenberg since his death in 1951. Now there is one, almost serendipitously. Some 25 years ago, the daughter...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 26, 2017 21:00 UTC