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Prize Possession - The United States Government and the Panama Canal 1903-1979 (Hardcover)
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Prize Possession - The United States Government and the Panama Canal 1903-1979 (Hardcover)
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Prize Possession is a comprehensive history of U.S. policy toward
the Panama Canal between 1903 and 1979. Although the book focuses
on the first two generations of tenure of the Canal Zone, between
1904 and 1955, John Major also provides an extensive look at the
nineteenth-century background, the making of the 1903 canal treaty
with Panama, the move after 1955 toward the new treaty settlement
of 1977, and the crucial significance of the Canal to American
policy-makers and their public. The main body of the work surveys
five key issues raised by American control of the Canal: its
defense against naval bombardment, sabotage and air attack, and its
role in U.S. war planning; its highly paternalistic administration;
the racism of its labor relations; its severe commercial impact on
Panama; and the profound influence of the Zone on Panamanian
politics and government. 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 such key figures as
Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and Philippe Bunau-Varilla. It
makes an important and original contribution to our knowledge and
understanding of a subject that has yet to receive its due from
historians.
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