Format:
Online-Ressource (256 p)
ISBN:
9780820323480
Series Statement:
United States and the Americas Series
Content:
This new edition of Panama and the United States , examines how relations between Panama and the United States have always pivoted on the issue of transportation across the country's narrow isthmus and delves into the future of those relations now that Panama controls the canal. Historically, Panamanians aspired to have their country become a crossroads of the world, while Americans sought to tame a vast territory and protect their trade and influence around the globe. The building of the Panama Canal (1904-1914) locked the two countries in their parallel quests but failed to satisfy either fu
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Introduction; 1. Independence and Early Relations; 2. The Railroad Era; 3. The French Period; 4. Canal Diplomacy, 1902-1919; 5. From Gunboats to the Nuclear Age, 1920-1945; 6. Uneasy Partners, 1945-1960; 7. A Time of Troubles and Treaties, 1960-1979; 8. Treaty Implementation, 1979-1985; 9. The Noriega Crisis and Bush's Ordeal; 10. Canal Ownership and Sovereignty at Last; 11. Beyond the Forced Alliance; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Supplemental Bibliographical Essay for the Second Edition; Supplemental Bibliographical Essay for the Third Edition
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IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780820344775
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780820344140
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Panama and the United States : The Forced Alliance
Language:
English
Keywords:
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