P.A.T.C.O. AND REAGAN: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY: The Air Traffic Controllers' Strike of 1981

P. A. T. C. O. AND REAGAN: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY - The Air site visitors Controllers' Strike of 1981 - records these ominous days top as much as, together with, andafter the fateful strike and consequent firing of over 11,000 federal staff by way of the President of the USA in August, 1981. depending onprimary White apartment examine fabrics to be had within the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library records, the ebook concludes that either the strike and thedismissal weren't simply predictable, yet inescapable situations, given the resolute and tenacious personalities of the leaders concerned.

What's to Know About Mexico?: One Thousand Questions and Answers About America's Southern Neighbor

Do you know that the Civil battle triggered France to invade Mexico? were you aware that the U.S. invaded Mexico two times in the course of the Mexican Revolution? do you know the Irish-born father of Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn fought along Pancho Villa within the revolution? do you know Germany provided to come Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to Mexico if it stored the U.S. occupied in the course of global warfare I – and if Germany gained?

Boston's West End (Images of America)

Inside of those pages, writer Anthony Mitchell Sammarcobrings to lifestyles the background of Boston’s West End—thearea of town certain through the Charles River and Storrow force in addition to North Station, urban corridor Plaza, and Myrtle road. as soon as a thriving, lively, and various local, the West finish used to be slated for entire removing following international battle II.

The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge Studies in the Emergence of Global Enterprise)

Within the World's most recent career, first released in 2006, Christopher McKenna bargains a historical past of administration consulting within the 20th century. even though administration consulting won't but be a famous occupation, the best consulting companies were advising and reshaping the biggest organisations on the planet because the Twenties.