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Record Nr.

UNINA9910978257303321

Autore

Schuhrke Jeff

Titolo

Blue-Collar Empire : The Untold Story of US Labor's Global Anticommunist Crusade

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Verso, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

1-83976-908-4

1-83976-907-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 pages)

Disciplina

331.880973

Soggetti

Labor unions - Political activity

Cold War

United States Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover  -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents  -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Free Trade Unionism: 1945–1960 --   Chapter 1: The Free Trade Union Committee --   Chapter 2: Good Neighbors --   Chapter 3: A Larger Pie --   Chapter 4: Joining the CIA --   Chapter 5: Inter-Americanism --   Chapter 6: Merger -- Part II: Free Labor Development: 1960–1973 --   Chapter 7: Comradely Brainwashing --   Chapter 8: Intervenors --   Chapter 9: Mama Maida --   Chapter 10: Vietnam --   Chapter 11: Exposed -- Part III: Free Market Revolution: 1973–1995 --   Chapter 12: Crisis --   Chapter 13: New Blood --   Chapter 14: Endowing Democracy --   Chapter 15: Civil War --   Chapter 16: Hollow Victory -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

How the CIA used American unions to undermine workers at home and subvert democracy abroad.