Supported by The Walter and May Reuther Memorial Fund Previously published by Basic Books as The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit: Walter Reuther and the Fate of American Labor''Management has no divine rights.''--Walter Reuther ''A splendid biography of America's most creative and commanding labor leader with an illuminating diagnosis of the vicissitudes and frustrations of the American trade union movement.''--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. ''An elegantly written and unfailingly intelligent portrait of American labor in the mid-twentieth century.''--Alan Brinkley, New York Times Book Review ''Sympathetic, yet bluntly critical at key points. . . . Goes beyond biography to offer keen insights into the evolution and more recent decline of both American labor and liberalism.''--David Moberg, Los Angeles Times Book Review ''There could be no better context for evaluating where the labor movement has been and the challenges it faces ahead. . . . A meticulously researched, clearly written and quickly paced story.''--Jeffrey E. Garten, Washington Post Book World ''A very readable work that anyone with any interest in Walter Reuther, the United Auto Workers or the labor movement would enjoy reading. . . . It reminds us that Walter Reuther was an amazing man. A fearless leader. A great social innovator. And arguably the greatest labor leader in our history.''--Douglas Fraser, United Auto Workers President, 1977-82 ''An ideal union of scholarship and literature . . . properly places labor leader Walter Reuther in the center of the most important social and political movements of the twentieth century. This is an important book.''--Julian Bond
