Author: Library of Congress. Congressional Research ServicePublisher:
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Category : Panama Canal
Languages : en
Pages :
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Panama Canal
Author: Library of Congress. Congressional Research ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Panama Canal
Languages : en
Pages :
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Panama Canal
Author: Panama Canal
Author: Library of Congress. Congressional Research ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canal Zone
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs
Author: Ulrich KellerPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486319253
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This tale of an unprecedented technological advance unfolds in a compelling narrative of risks, hardships, disasters, and triumph. More than 160 historic photographs depict exotic settings, workers' housing, dredging operations, much more.
Silver People
Author: Margarita EnglePublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544109414
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
As the Panama Canal turns one hundred, Newbery Honor winner Margarita Engle tells the story of its creation in this powerful new YA historical novel in verse.
Panama Odyssey
Author: William J. JordenPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292718012
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 781
Book Description
The Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 were the most significant foreign policy achievement of the Carter administration. Most Latin American nations had regarded the 1903 treaty and its later minor modifications as vestiges of "American colonialism" and obstacles to any long-term, stable relationship with the United States. Hence, at a time when conflicts were mushrooming in Central America, the significance of the new Panama treaties cannot be overestimated. Former Ambassador to Panama William J. Jorden has provided the definitive account of the long and often contentious negotiations that produced those treaties. It is a vividly written reconstruction of the complicated process that began in 1964 and ended with ratification of the new pacts in 1978. Based on his personal involvement behind the scenes in the White House (1972–1974) and in the United States Embassy in Panama (1974–1978), Jorden has produced a unique living history. Access to documents and the personalities of both governments and, equally important, Jorden's personal recollections of participants on both sides make this historical study an incomparable document of U. S. foreign relations. Beyond the singular story of the treaties themselves—and how diplomats negotiate in the modern world—is the rare description of how the United States deals with a major foreign policy problem. How does a superpower cope with a tiny nation that happens to occupy a strategically critical position? And how does the U. S. Senate face up to its constitutionally assigned power to "advise and consent"? Once treaties are approved, does the House of Representatives help or hinder? Panama Odyssey also deals with another crucial element in the shaping of policy—public opinion: how is it informed or led astray? In sum, this is a history, a handbook on diplomacy, a course in government, and a revelation of foreign policy in action, all based on a fascinating and controversial episode in the U. S. experience.
Catalogue of Publications Issued by the Government of the United States
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Modern Panama
Author: Michael L. ConniffPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110847666X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive overview of the political and economic developments in Panama from 1980 to the present day.
Executive Rept
Author: United States. Congress. SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1086
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Operation Just Cause
Author: Ronald H. ColePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military planning
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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