TY - BOOK AU - FALCOFF Mark TI - Panama's canal: what happens when the United States gives a small country what it wants SN - 0844740306 (pbk.): PY - 1998/// CY - Washington DC, USA PB - AEI Press KW - PANAMA CANAL KW - PANAMA KW - FOREIGN RELATIONS KW - UNITED STATES KW - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT N2 - Written before the Panama canal officially passed to the ownership of the Republic of Panama, the author reviews shortcomings in the formulation of the Carter-Torrijos treaties in 1978; details events in the following 2 decades which led to both US and Panamanian revisionism; details the Panamanian context - history, sociology and politics; and highlights the possible future consequences of the departure of American civil and military authorities ER -