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Book Synopsis
The definitive account of the long and often contentious negotiations that produced the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. When Presidents Negotiate
  • 2. Prelude to Crisis
  • 3. Blood in the Streets
  • 4. Breaking the Deadlock
  • 5. The Orphan Treaties
  • 6. Coup and Countercoup
  • 7. Ships That Pass
  • 8. On the World Stage
  • 9. The Kissinger Principles
  • 10. New Envoy to the Isthmus
  • 11. Treaty Making on a Tropic Isle
  • 12. Struggle behind the Scenes
  • 13. The Political Ingredient
  • 14. A Bitter Pill to Swallow
  • 15. Generous, Fair, and Appropriate
  • 16. Treaties at Last
  • 17. The Battle for Two-Thirds
  • 18. The Great Debate: Act One
  • 19. The Great Debate: Act Two
  • 20. “The President Is Coming”
  • Epilogue
  • Photographs and Maps
  • Appendixes
    • A. Tact-Rogers Principles; Tact-Kissinger Principles
    • B. John Wayne’s Statement Regarding Panama Canal Treaties
    • C. Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal
    • D. Panama Canal Treaty
  • A Note on Sources
  • Sources
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/1984
      ISBN13: 9780292718012, 978-0292718012
      ISBN10: 0292718012

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The definitive account of the long and often contentious negotiations that produced the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • 1. When Presidents Negotiate
      • 2. Prelude to Crisis
      • 3. Blood in the Streets
      • 4. Breaking the Deadlock
      • 5. The Orphan Treaties
      • 6. Coup and Countercoup
      • 7. Ships That Pass
      • 8. On the World Stage
      • 9. The Kissinger Principles
      • 10. New Envoy to the Isthmus
      • 11. Treaty Making on a Tropic Isle
      • 12. Struggle behind the Scenes
      • 13. The Political Ingredient
      • 14. A Bitter Pill to Swallow
      • 15. Generous, Fair, and Appropriate
      • 16. Treaties at Last
      • 17. The Battle for Two-Thirds
      • 18. The Great Debate: Act One
      • 19. The Great Debate: Act Two
      • 20. “The President Is Coming”
      • Epilogue
      • Photographs and Maps
      • Appendixes
        • A. Tact-Rogers Principles; Tact-Kissinger Principles
        • B. John Wayne’s Statement Regarding Panama Canal Treaties
        • C. Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal
        • D. Panama Canal Treaty
      • A Note on Sources
      • Sources
      • Index

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