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Hello everybody!

I’m happy to say that this is the 30th issue of the PanamaForum.com Newsletter.

The New York Times recently came out with a new book review for DRAWING THE LINE AT THE BIG DITCH - The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right by Adam Clymer.

Here are some excerpts:

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“A seemingly endless nomination battle; a front-runner unable to close the deal; a trailing candidate who stubbornly refuses to admit defeat. Yes, it’s 1976, when Gerald Ford had Ronald Reagan on the ropes until Reagan seized upon an unlikely issue — the Panama Canal — to keep his candidacy alive until the Republican convention.”

“The canal was a treasured legacy of the nation’s glory years. Giving it away would be like sand-blasting Theodore Roosevelt’s face off Mount Rushmore. ‘We built it. We paid for it. It’s ours,’ Reagan declared, and was rewarded with a string of primary victories that reinvigorated his campaign. Ultimately he fell short, but his comeback positioned him as the Republican front-runner for 1980 after Ford lost the presidency to Jimmy Carter.”

This promises to be an exciting read full with well documented facts and laser sharp assessment of events.

Click here for the full New York Times review on the book.

And click here for the Amazon link of the book (you can even Search Inside! the book):

Have a fun week!

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