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Title: Our Man in Panama : How General Noriega Used the United States- And Made Millions in Drugs and Arms by John Dinges ISBN: 0-394-54910-4 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 24 February, 1990 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Invading an entire country.......to get one man
Comment: Manuel Noriega was a manipulative, violent, untrustworthy, power hungry and generally unsavory guy. This book convincingly connects the dots in his rise to power and the relationships he used to his advantage. He appears to be no great nationalist, but an opportunist. For years he served the U.S. well in the War on Drugs while apparently profiting from it. What is the most educational theme of this book is the way in which several different parts of the government were involved in shaping our relations with Panama. The State Dept, DEA, CIA, FBI and NSC all had their interests to promote and protect. The author weaves together many threads, from the Contras and (briefly) BCCI to Colombian drug lords and Panamanian political corruption. There are interesting connections to George Bush, Jesse Helms and Oliver North. The author could have discussed in more depth the importance of taking away control of the canal from Panama in some government circles. The treaty signed by President Carter to hand over administration of the canal zone by 1999? was hotly contested, and it must have been rather convenient to have Noriega indicted for drugs as an excuse to remove him from power---as if invading a sovereign nation to get one man were justified. Overall, kudos to Mr. Dinges for a very detailed and very readable book.
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Title: America's Prisoner: : The Memoirs of Manuel Noriega by Peter Eisner ISBN: 0679432272 Publisher: Acacia Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 11 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Condor Years: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents by John Dinges ISBN: 1565847644 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: 02 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: In the Time of Tyrants: Panama: 1968-1990 by Richard M. Koster, Guillermo Sanchez ISBN: 0393308448 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: October, 1991 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: OUR MAN IN PANAMA by John Dinges ISBN: 0812919505 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Divorcing the Dictator: America's Bungled Affair With Noriega by Frederick Kempe ISBN: 0399135170 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: March, 1990 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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