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The Weak and the Powerful

Name: The Weak and the Powerful
Author: Jonathan C. Brown

Omar Torrijos, Panama, and the Non-Aligned Movement in the World

Jonathan C. Brown,

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The Weak and the Powerful

Omar Torrijos, Panama, and the Non-Aligned Movement in the World

Jonathan C. Brown,

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Panama is a country whose geopolitical importance outweighs its size because of the volume of trade that passes the Central American isthmus through the canal. For nearly a century, the United States occupied and controlled the Panama Canal Zone and its shipping operations. In 1999, control was passed to Panama's Canal Authority. This peaceful transfer was a result of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties. The Weak and the Powerful studies how a weak country negotiated the Cold War and how a strongman navigated between competing power blocs. Omar Torrijos took power in Panama through a 1968 coup d'état and ruled that country until his death in 1981. He committed his country to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which purported to stand for noninterference and against imperialism. Jonathan C. Brown looks at how Torrijos and the NAM were able to mobilize world opinion of the weak against the powerful to pressure the United States to live up to its democratic and international ideals regarding sovereignty of the canal. The author also demonstrates how world opinion was unable to address the problems of ideologically motivated warfare in neighboring Central American states.

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Publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

Year

2024

ISBN

9780822991267

Topic

History

Subtopic

Latin American & Caribbean History

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History

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Question of Power
Chapter 1. The End and the Beginning
Chapter 2. The Skirmish at Mount Tute
Chapter 3. The Breakdown of Democracy
Chapter 4. El Golpe de Estado
Chapter 5. Revolution, Panamanian Style
Chapter 6. Omar Engages the Third World
Chapter 7. Banks, Oil, and Bananas
Chapter 8. Omar, Fidel, and Tito
Chapter 9. Dissidents and Exiles
Chapter 10. The Rise and Fall of Juan Antonio Tack
Chapter 11. Omar, Jimmy, and Muammar
Chapter 12. Omar’s Grand Tour
Chapter 13. Omar and the Senators
Chapter 14. Omar and the Sandinista Revolution
Chapter 15. Omar and the Shah
Chapter 16. Omar, Fidel, and the Sandinista State
Chapter 17. The Transition to Democracy and El Salvador
Epilogue and Conclusion: The Question of Power Revisited
Notes
Bibliography
Index