Consequences, Successes and Failures
Consequences as summarized by Adam Clymer:
"Thirty years later,
with the canal running smoothly under Panama’s control, it is hard to
recapture the emotions that made it such a potent issue in the ’70s.
The debate
left the Panama Canal undamaged, even thriving, but it scarred American politics."
Source: Adam Clymer, Washington Correspondent, New York Times, March 15th, 2008
left the Panama Canal undamaged, even thriving, but it scarred American politics."
Source: Adam Clymer, Washington Correspondent, New York Times, March 15th, 2008
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"...defining moment in U.S. diplomacy and domestic politics"
Source: Richard Norton Smith, presidential historian
"The Panama Canal debate transformed American politics. I was there, saw it happen"
Source: David A. Keene, Chairman, American Conservative Union
Source: Richard Norton Smith, presidential historian
"The Panama Canal debate transformed American politics. I was there, saw it happen"
Source: David A. Keene, Chairman, American Conservative Union
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