The Communist Party on the American Waterfront: Revolution, Reform, and the Quest for Power - Hardcover

by Vernon L. Pedersen (Author)

This study examines the Marine Workers Industrial Union, which had a highly visible and influential impact among Depression-era American seamen. The author utilizes several collections at the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History to show the Party's primary goal of acquiring institutional power.

Author Biography

Vernon L. Pedersen is a professor of history and the Head of the International Studies Department at the American University of Sharjah