North-South Visions of Central America

A review essay on books by (1) Michael LaRosa & German R. Mejia (Eds), The United States Discovers Panama: The Writings of Soldiers, Scholars, Scientists, and Scoundrels, 1850-1905 (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004); (2) Ovidio Diaz Espino, How Wall Street Created a Nation: J. P. Morga...

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Published inLatin American Research Review Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 403 - 416
Main Author LeoGrande, William M.
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pittsburgh University of Texas Press 01.01.2005
Latin American Studies Association
Cambridge University Press
Subjects
Anti-communism
Armed forces
Canals
Central America
Cold War
Conflict
Conspiracy
Diplomatic & consular services
El Salvador
Espino, Ovidio Diaz
Foreign policy
German language
Guatemala
Human Rights
LaRosa, Michael
Lindsay-Poland, John
Mejia, German R
Military personnel
Nonfiction
North and South
North-South relations
Panama
Post-conflict societies
Reconstruction
Review articles
Review Essays
Scientists
Social justice
Tropical diseases
U.S.A
United States of America
Wall Street
Central America
United States > US
Panama
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Summary:A review essay on books by (1) Michael LaRosa & German R. Mejia (Eds), The United States Discovers Panama: The Writings of Soldiers, Scholars, Scientists, and Scoundrels, 1850-1905 (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004); (2) Ovidio Diaz Espino, How Wall Street Created a Nation: J. P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canal (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2001); (3) John Lindsay-Poland, Emperors in the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama (Durham, NC: Duke U Press, 2003); (4) Edward T. Brett, The U.S. Catholic Press on Central America: From Cold War Anticommunism to Social Justice (Notre Dame, IN: U Notre Dame Press, 2003); (5) Victoria Sanford, Buried Secrets: Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003); (6) Susan C. Peacock & Adriana Beltran, Hidden Powers in Post-Conflict Guatemala: Illegal Armed Groups and the Forces Behind Them Washington, DC: Washington Office Latin America, 2004); & (7) James K. Boyce, et al, Ajuste hacia la paz: la politica economica y la reconstruccion de posguerra en El Salvador ([Adjustment towards Peace: Political Economy and Postwar Reconstruction in El Salvador] Mexico: Plaza & Valdes, 1999).
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ISSN:0023-8791
1542-4278
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DOI:10.1353/lar.2005.0056