LEADER 05097nam 22007094a 450 001 9910962442803321 005 20171026195700.0 010 $a9786612597688 010 $a9781282597686 010 $a128259768X 010 $a9780472025794 010 $a0472025791 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.88540 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006858 035 $a(OCoLC)651719432 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10371900 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412727 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12172446 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412727 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10367083 035 $a(PQKB)10778485 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000667909 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11422240 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000667909 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10685740 035 $a(PQKB)11474300 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.88540 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414664 035 $a(BIP)11230615 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006858 100 $a20050524d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurunu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween a river & a mountain $ethe AFL-CIO and the Vietnam War /$fEdmund F. Wehrle 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$dc2005. 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780472069002 311 08$a0472069004 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-295) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Free Trade Unionism -- 2. "No More Pressing Task Than Organizing in Southeast Asia" -- 3. "It's a Vast Jungle and We're Working on the Periphery" -- 4. New Frontiers -- 5. Into the Quagmire -- 6. Free Fall, 1968-69 -- 7. Entangling Alliances and Mounting Costs, 1970-71 -- 8. "The Last of the Cold War Mohicans," 1972-75 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aBetween a River and a Mountain details American labor's surprisingly complex relationship to the American war in Vietnam. Breaking from the simplistic story of "hard hat patriotism," Wehrle uses newly released archival material to demonstrate the AFL-CIO's continuing dedication to social, political, and economic reform in Vietnam. The complex, sometimes turbulent, relationship between American union leaders and their counterparts in the Vietnamese Confederation of Labor (known as the CVT) led to dangerous political compromises: the AFL-CIO eventually accepted much-needed support for their Vietnamese activities from the CIA, while the CVT's need to sustain their relationship with the Americans lured them into entanglements with a succession of corrupt Saigon governments. Although the story's endpoint--the painfully divided and weakened labor movement of the 1970s--may be familiar, Wehrle offers an entirely new understanding of the historical forces leading up to that decline, unraveling his story with considerable sophistication and narrative skill. "Stunning in its research and sophisticated in its analysis, Between a River and a Mountain is one of the best studies we have of labor and the Vietnam War." --Robert K. Brigham, Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations, Vassar College "Skillfully blending diplomatic and labor history, Wehrle's book is a valuable contribution to the ever-widening literature on the Vietnam War." --George Herring, University of Kentucky "Wehrle has written a compelling and original study of the AFL-CIO, the South Vietnamese labor movement and the Vietnam War." --Judith Stein, Professor of History, City College and Graduate School of the City University of New York "With this important book, Edmund Wehrle gives us the first full-fledged scholarly examination of organized labor's relationship to the Vietnam War. Based on deep research in U.S. and foreign archives, and presented in clear and graceful prose, Between a River and a Mountain adds a great deal to our understanding of how the AFL-CIO approached the war and in turn was fundamentally altered by its staunch support for Americanization. Nor is it merely an American story that Wehrle tells, for he also presents fascinating information on the Vietnamese Confederation of Labor and its sometimes-strained relations with U.S. labor." --Fredrik Logevall, Cornell University Edmund F. Wehrle is Assistant Professor of History, Eastern Illinois University. 517 3 $aBetween a river and a mountain 606 $aLabor movement$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975 606 $aLabor movement$zVietnam$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aLabor movement$xHistory 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975. 615 0$aLabor movement$xHistory 676 $a331.8/0973/09047 700 $aWehrle$b Edmund F.$f1964-$01864220 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan) 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962442803321 996 $aBetween a river & a mountain$94470991 997 $aUNINA