Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed America by Joseph A. McCartin

Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed America

Joseph A. McCartin

472 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
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On August 3, 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, representing 12,000 federal employees, called an illegal strike. Ronald Reagan, president for less than seven months, fired the strikers, establishing a reputation for promp...

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