The Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol 10: The American Federation of Labor and the Great War, 1917-18 Volume 10

by Grace Palladino, Samuel Gompers, Peter J. Albert

Volume 10 of the Samuel Gompers Papers focuses on the AFL's struggle to serve the nation and the labor movement during the critical period when American neutrality gave way to war. Beginning with Gompers' last minute effort to persuade German workers to avoid war with the United States, it follows the labor movement's internal debate over the meaning of American participation and the Executive Council's pragmatic--and in some cases reluctant--pledge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252030419
• ISBN13: 9780252030413
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 688 Pages