Research Catalog

Title

Panama and the United States : the end of the alliance / Michael L. Conniff.

Author

Conniff, Michael L.

Publication

Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, 2012.

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Details

Description

xii, 241 p.: map; 23 cm.

Summary

"After Panama assumed control of the Panama Canal in 1999, its relations with the United States became those of a friendly neighbor. In this third edition, Michael L. Conniff describes Panama{u2019}s experience as owner-operator of one of the world{u2019}s premier waterways and the United States{u2019} adjustment to its new, smaller role. He finds that Panama has done extremely well with the canal and economic growth but still struggles to curb corruption, drug trafficking, and money laundering. 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{u2013}14) locked the two countries in their parallel quests but failed to satisfy either fully. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Conniff considers the full range of factors -- political, social, strategic, diplomatic, economic, and intellectual -- that have bound the two countries together"--Publisher's description.

Series Statement

United States and the Americas

Uniform Title

United States and the Americas.

Subject

• United States > Foreign relations > Panama
• Panama > Foreign relations > United States

Note

• First (1992) and second (2001) editions entitled : Panama and the United States, the forced alliance

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Independence and early relations -- The railroad era -- The French period -- Canal diplomacy, 1902-1919 -- From gunboats to the nuclear age, 1920-1945 -- Uneasy partners, 1945-1960 -- A time of troubles and treaties, 1960-1979 -- Treaty implementation, 1979-1985 -- The Noriega crisis and Bush's ordeal -- Canal ownership and sovereignty at last -- Beyond the forced alliance.

ISBN

• 9780820344140 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0820344141 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012020990

OCLC

795645081

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library