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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In August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) called an illegal strike. The new president, Ronald Reagan, fired the strikers, establishing a reputation for both decisiveness and hostility to organized labor. As Jose...

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