Lindsay-Poland / Joseph / Rosenberg Emperors in the Jungle

The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8460-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 278 Seiten

Reihe: American encounters/global interactions

Focuses on environmental, policy, and human rights dimensions of the activities of the U.S. military in Panama, analyzing the guiding mythologies and racial stereotypes behind the US's colonialism in the region.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lindsay-Poland, John

Joseph, Gilbert M.

Rosenberg, Emily S.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Castro, Guillermo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 A Platform for Control: Interventions and Army Doctors, 1856-1925 11

2 "Test Tube Island" 44

3 The Nuclear Canal 74

4 Playing the Drug Card 103

5 The Politics of Environmental Cover-Up 138

6 Market Mania 172

7 Continuity and Change in the Military's Vision 191

Afterword: Knowing Ourselves / Exhortation to Read a Friendly Text by Guillermo Castro H. 207

Notes 211

Index 253

Über Autor(innen)

John Lindsay-Poland is Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s Task Force on Latin America and the Caribbean. He is a coauthor of Inside Panama: The Essential Guide to its Politics, Economy, Society, and Environment. He was the editor of and staff writer for the quarterly Panamá Update and has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, NACLA Report on the Americas, The Progressive, Covert Action Quarterly, and Fellowship, among other publications.