American Labour's Cold War Abroad: From Deep Freeze to Détente, 1945-1970

• Main Author: Anthony Carew (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Athabasca University Press 2018
• Subjects: Biography & True Stories; Africa; Irving Brown; trade unions; AFL-CIO; American Federation of Labour; George Meany; UK; Jay Lovestone; Marshall Plan; CIA; communism; France; US
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

During the Cold War, American labour organizations were at the centre of the battle for the hearts and minds of working people. At a time when trade unions were a substantial force in both American and European politics, the fiercely anti-communist American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial...