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Title: We Answer Only to God: Politics and the Military in Panama, 1903-1947 by Thomas L. Pearcy ISBN: 0-8263-1841-X Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: excellent research and great storytelling
Comment: Not being a student of Panamanian history, I read this book out of simple curiosity. And what a wonderfully-told story I found! Dr. Pearcy has a wonderful way of making the complex quite readable. He moved past stereotypes and looked beyond his own expectations to find "the rest of the story." This is a great example of how research should be done--just reading the endnotes was fascinating--and how it can be made accesible to both scholars and laypeople. Especially with the Canal turnover approaching, this would be an important book to read.

Rating: 5
Summary: Pearcy examines Panamanian politics from 1903-1947.
Comment: Pearcy's book examines the involvement of the Panamanian military and national police in the evolution of Panamanian politics from 1903 to 1947. Pearcy begins with Panamanian independence, and concludes with the rejection of the Filos-Hines treaty that would have granted the United States more extensive military bases. Pearcy's goal is to also explain the advent of military rule in Panama that ended with the arrest of Manuel Noriega in 1989 following the invasion of Panama by United States forces.While providing a conventional political history, Pearcy also explores related issues that provide the context for political developments. This includes a sophisticated demographic analysis as well as an in-depth examination of Panama's economy. This book is well worth reading, and will hopefully show other scholars how to write political history that contains more than a token background section.