Provides a comprehensive overview of the political and economic developments in Panama from 1980 to the present day.

“This magnificent diplomatic memoir-history by the American ambassador to Panama at the time should be required reading for every diplomat . . . A classic.”

An incisive economic and political history of the Panama Canal On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of

The Panama Canal's untold history—from the Panamanian point of view. Sleuth and scholar Marixa Lasso recounts how the canal’s American builders displaced 40

Hogan analyzes the Panama Canal de­bate, one of the most emotionally charged issues to divide American opin­ion in this century. Hogan first provides backgrou