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In the Interest of Democracy; The Rise and Fall of the Early Cold War Alliance Between the American Federation of Labor and the Central Intelligence A

In the Interest of Democracy; The Rise and Fall of the Early Cold War Alliance Between the American Federation of Labor and the Central Intelligence A

Hughes, Quenby

Paperback

Series: Trade Unions. Past, Present and Future, Book 13

20th Century United States HistoryGeneral European HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 3034302126
ISBN13: 9783034302128
Publisher: Peter Lang UK
Published: Jul 21 2011
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Until recently, there has been little concrete evidence linking the American Federation of Labor (AFL) to the U.S. government's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In this book, based upon recently opened archival collections, the author investigates this controversial and complicated early Cold War relationship. Contrary to arguments that the AFL's international activities were entirely controlled by the U.S. government to the detriment of the independent international labor movement, or that the AFL acted on its own without government involvement to foster legitimate anti-communist trade unions, the author's examination of the archival sources reveals that the AFL and the CIA made an alliance of convenience based upon common goals and ideologies, which dissolved when the balance of power shifted away from the AFL and into the hands of the CIA.

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