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A superb treatment of the evolution of U.S.-Panama relations, Walter LaFeber's The Panama Canal was praised by The Nation as "a balanced, unemotional indictment of the history of the United States in Panama". History hailed it as "the best overall synthesis of a vital theme in American diplomatic history," and The Atlantic Monthly said there was "no better single source."
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Walter LaFeber is Noll Professor of History at Cornell University. He is the author of many books, including Inevitable Revolutions, which won the Gustavus Myers Prize, and The New Empire, which won the Beveridge Prize of the American Historical Association, as well as America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-1989, and The American Age.
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Walter LaFeber is Noll Professor of History at Cornell University. He is the author of many books, including Inevitable Revolutions, which won the Gustavus Myers Prize, and The New Empire, which won the Beveridge Prize of the American Historical Association, as well as America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-1989, and The American Age.
"Noted historian LaFeber has updated his 1978 classic, bringing his discussion of U.S.-Panama relations up to the 1980s."--Library Journal
Praise for the first edition:
"The best overall synthesis of a vital theme in American diplomatic history."--History: Reviews of New Books
"Timely and enormously useful."--Ronald Steel, The New York Review of Books
"A balanced, unemotional indictment of the history of the United States in Panama."--The Nation
"A well-written, comprehensive analysis of U.S.-Panamanian relations regarding the canal and its surrounding zone."--American Political Science Review
"The best general study of U.S.-Panamanian relations I have read."--American Historical Review
"The best account in English of Panama's political and economic history."--Journal of American History
"A smooth and engaging narrative of relations between the United States and Panama from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present."--Michael Mandelbaum, The New York Times Book Review
"This work will remain one of the best on the subject."--Hispanic American Historical Review
Praise for the first edition:
"The best overall synthesis of a vital theme in American diplomatic history."--History: Reviews of New Books
"Timely and enormously useful."--Ronald Steel, The New York Review of Books
"A balanced, unemotional indictment of the history of the United States in Panama."--The Nation
"A well-written, comprehensive analysis of U.S.-Panamanian relations regarding the canal and its surrounding zone."--American Political Science Review
"The best general study of U.S.-Panamanian relations I have read."--American Historical Review
"The best account in English of Panama's political and economic history."--Journal of American History
"A smooth and engaging narrative of relations between the United States and Panama from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present."--Michael Mandelbaum, The New York Times Book Review
"This work will remain one of the best on the subject."--Hispanic American Historical Review
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0195025113
- ISBN 13 9780195025118
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages310
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