I Took Panama
| Author | : Rodolfo M Leit N |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2012-10-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781469915265 |
A French Colonel "invents" a country in order to complete the Panama Canal. Based on the true story of Philippe Bunau-Varilla.
How Wall Street Created a Nation
| Author | : Ovidio Diaz-Espino |
| Publisher | : Primedia E-launch LLC |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 2014-08-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0990552128 |
How Wall Street Created a Nation: J.P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canal narrates the dramatic and gripping account of the beginnings of the Panama Canal led by a group of Wall Street speculators with the help of Teddy Roosevelt’s government. The result of four years of research, the book offers the real story of how the United States obtained the rights to build the Canal through financial speculation, fraud, and an international conspiracy that brought down a French republic and a Colombian government, created the Republic of Panama, rocked the invincible President Roosevelt with corruption scandals, and gave birth to U.S. imperialism in Latin America.
Prize Possession
| Author | : John Major |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 460 |
| Release | : 2003-10-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521521260 |
Prize Possession is a history of United States policy towards the Panama Canal, focusing principally on the first two generations of American 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 towards the new treaty settlement of 1977, and the crucial significance of the Canal to American policy-makers and their public. The book is based for the most part on the hitherto largely untapped sources of US government agencies, namely, the State, War, and Navy Department, 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. As such it makes an important and original contribution to our knowledge and understanding of a subject which has not yet received its due from historians.
From Panama to Verdun
| Author | : Philippe Bunau-Varilla |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 1940 |
| Genre | : Panama Canal (Panama). |
| ISBN | : |
The Path Between the Seas
| Author | : David McCullough |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 868 |
| Release | : 2001-10-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 074320137X |
The National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that was filled with both tragedy and triumph, told by master historian David McCullough. From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human undertaking that led to the creation of this grand enterprise. The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition, McCullough weaves the many strands of the momentous event into a comprehensive and captivating tale. Winner of the National Book Award for history, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the Cornelius Ryan Award (for the best book of the year on international affairs), The Path Between the Seas is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, the history of technology, international intrigue, and human drama.
Panama Fever
| Author | : Matthew Parker |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 578 |
| Release | : 2009-03-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0307472531 |
The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the “American Century.” Panama Fever draws on contemporary accounts, bringing the experience of those who built the canal vividly to life. Politicians engaged in high-stakes diplomacy in order to influence its construction. Meanwhile, engineers and workers from around the world rushed to take advantage of high wages and the chance to be a part of history. Filled with remarkable characters, Panama Fever is an epic history that shows how a small, fiercely contested strip of land made the world a smaller place and launched the era of American global dominance.
