Panama Canal, The: The Crisis in Historical Perspective

This newly updated edition of Walter LaFeber's widely praised study of the evolution of U.S.-Panama relations contains two new chapters on the events that have occurred in the last ten years.  Lafeber now offers detailed examinations of the attempt to oust Manuel Noriega and Noriega's role in aiding the Nicaraguan Contras.  The Panama Canal remains the essential source for anyone who wants a complete picture of the canal debate from Balboa to the present.