Harvest of Dissent

The National Farmers Union and the Early Cold War

By: Bruce E. Field

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Hardcover | 2 October 1998

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264 Pages

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In the early years of the Cold War, one voice of dissent regarding United States foreign policy came from an unexpected source. The National Farmers Union criticized the Truman administration for what it saw as an advancement of American imperialism, a denial of the prerogatives of other nations in world affairs, and an inaccurate view of Soviet communism's threat to world peace.

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"The author has done a remarkable job of tracing the evolution, or lack thereof, of a major entity in the history of the West."--Journal of the West"A valuable addition to literature on the Cold War and agricultural politics during the Truman era."--Journal of American History

"The strength of this study is Field's analysis of an important agricultural organization in relation to American foreign policy during the early Cold War."--American Historical Review

"Harvest of Dissent is the fascinating and valuable story of one organization's unsuccessful attempt to remain relevant while escaping the ravages of anticommunism."--Labor History

"Field presents a fascinating glimpse into the postwar foreign policy arena and the debate among most unlikely participants, American farmers."--Choice

"This is good history. Harvest of Dissent reads like high drama with consummate actors playing their part in union conventions and meetings and the nation's press, courtrooms, and legislative chambers across the Cold War's agrarian landscape and mind."--North Dakota History "An impressive and important study of a major twentieth-century farm organization and its participation in the battle over U.S. foreign policy during the early Cold War. Field challenges conventional ideological interpretations to emphasize the importance of 'practical considerations of organizational survival' in explaining the behavior of Patton and his allies. A valuable addition to the literature on the politics of agriculture and the Cold War."--Richard Kirkendall, author of A Global Power: America Since the Age of Roosevelt

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