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For more than 40 years the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting full primary documents and excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.
Department of Justice Gives Consent for Largest Airline Merger: November 13, 2013
Department of Justice Gives Consent for Largest Airline Merger: November 13, 2013
Just months after entering bankruptcy protection in 2011, American Airlines began work on a merger agreement with US Airways. The merger resulted in the creation of the world's largest airline. Unlike previous similar mergers, which have taken years to complete, the American Airlines/US Airways deal was hammered out and agreed to in short order and received final approval from the Justice Department on December 9, 2013.
Merger Takes Shape
Throughout their history, American Airlines and US Airways have been fierce competitors, most recently as the third and fourth largest airlines, respectively. They have typically attempted to undercut each other through discount and frequent flier ...
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