Author: Joel Anthony WoodwardPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The 1964 Panama flag riots
Author: Joel Anthony WoodwardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Battering at the Locks
Author: Richard E. Myers (II)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Panama
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
From Riots to Sovereignty
Author: William Edward HumphreyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"After the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 the Panamanian people had to live in an occupied country. The U.S. took control of a ten-mile stretch of land surrounding a canal of immense importance to world trade. The U.S. policy makers ignored the pleas, complaints, and demonstrations of the Panamanian people as they struggled for sovereignty in their country. This thesis will show, through the use of primary sources from the U.S. government that U.S. policy makers refused to see the importance of sovereignty to the Panamanian people until the 1964 Panamanian Flag Riots. After that episode, U.S. policy makers dramatically shifted their ideas about Panamanian sovereignty and began working on handing the Canal to Panama. South Carolina politicians and others would continue to oppose sovereignty for Panama, while more moderate politicians prevailed in working toward a compromise for Panama, which resulted in the Carter-Torrijos Treates of 1977"--Abstract, leaf ii.
Modern Panama
Author: Michael L. ConniffPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110847666X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive overview of the political and economic developments in Panama from 1980 to the present day.
Chronology and Background of Rioting by Residents of Panama in the Canal Zone and in Panama During January 1964
Author: Report on the Events in Panama, January 9-12, 1964
Author: International Commission of Jurists (1952- )Publisher:
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Category : Panama
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch
Author: Adam ClymerPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In this remarkable and revealing tale, noted journalist Clymer shows how the decision to give up the Panama Canal stirred emotions already rubbed raw by the loss of the Vietnam War and shaped American politics for years.
Reprints of Newspaper and Journal Articles, of Speeches and Letters Written at the Time of the 1964 Riots in Panama and the Canal Zone
Author: Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Panama Crisis of 1964
Author: Eric J. BolsterliPublisher:
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Category : Panama
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
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.