Prize Possession: The United States Government and the Panama Canal 1903-1979Prize Possession is a comprehensive history of U.S. policy toward the Panama Canal between 1903 and 1979, focusing on five key themes: the Canal's defense and its place in American strategy; the Zone's autocratic system of government; its strictly segregated labor force; its commercial development at the expense of Panama; and the equally controversial issue of U.S. intervention in Panamanian politics. The book is based for the most part on the hitherto largely untapped sources of U.S. government agencies, namely the State, War, and Navy Departments, and the Canal Zone administration, as well as on the papers of notable dramatis personae such as Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and Philippe Bunau-Varilla. |
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Contents
18261904 | 7 |
19041929 | 65 |
The Zone régime | 71 |
The labour force | 89 |
The Commissary | 101 |
The protectorate | 125 |
7 | 154 |
19301955 | 191 |
The Commissary | 236 |
Partnership politics | 250 |
Canal defence | 285 |
The reluctant handover | 331 |
Epilogue | 359 |
Fulltime civilian work force 19041979 | 379 |
Heads of diplomatic mission 19031982 | 385 |
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Prize Possession: The United States Government and the Panama Canal 1903-1979 John Major No preview available - 2003 |
Prize Possession: The United States Government and the Panama Canal 1903-1979 John Major No preview available - 2003 |
Prize Possession: The United States Government and the Panama Canal 1903-1979 John Major No preview available - 1993 |
Common terms and phrases
Adjutant administration agreement Alfaro American annuity Arias Arnulfo Arias Arosemena Article Bogotá Bunau-Varilla canal treaty Canal Zone Colombia commander Commission concessions Congress convention Crittenberger Davis Dawson to Hull defence Department Dern diplomatic draft Eisenhower force foreign garrison Goethals Papers Goethals's Gold governor guarantee Hughes intervention isthmian isthmus January Jorden Knox labour Latin America lock canal locks Magoon Mehaffey memo military million minister Monroe Doctrine Morrow naval Navy negotiations Nicaragua operation Pacific Panama Canal Panama Canal treaties Panama City Panama odyssey Panama route Panamanian political Porras President Price to Lansing protection Record Group régime Remón Republic Ridley Rio Hato Roosevelt Schley sea-level Secretary Senate ships Silver South to Kellogg sovereignty Stimson Suez Taft terminal cities told TR letters U.S. Army U.S. Congress U.S. National Archives U.S. Navy United Washington waterway West Indians William York Zone's Zonians