Drawing the line at the big ditch : the Panama Canal Treaties and the rise of the Right / Adam Clymer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clymer, Adam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Panama Canal Treaties (1977 September 7).

Panama Canal Treaties.

United States--Foreign relations--Panama.

United States.

International relations.

Panama.

Panama--Foreign relations--United States.

Panama Canal (Panama)--History--20th century.

Panama Canal (Panama).

United States--Foreign relations--1977-1981.

United States--Politics and government--1977-1981.

Politics and government.

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-2024.

Carter, Jimmy.

Reagan, Ronald.

Conservatism--United States--History--20th century.

Conservatism.

History.

Presidents--United States--Election--1980.

Presidents.

Physical Description:

x, 286 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2008]

Contents:

Preface: "Pluck and Luck Conquered All": A Canal for the American Century ix

1 "In Perpetuity": Years of Dispute and Diplomacy 1

2 "No Constituency to Help": President Ford Negotiates 10

3 "What a Shot in the Arm!": Ford Upsets Reagan Despite the Canal 19

4 "We Bought It. We Built It. It's Ours and We Are Going to Keep It": The Canal Issue Brings Reagan's Recovery 25

5 "Thank God for Those People in 1976 Who Headed Off That Loss of Freedom": Reagan Loses but Wins Republican Hearts 33

6 "Delay Invites Violence": Carter Inherits and Seizes the Issue 40

7 "I Wanted to Treat Panama Fairly": Carter Underestimates American Dismay 45

8 "Conservatives Can't Lose": The Canal Unifies the Right 53

9 "Draw the Line at the Big Ditch": The Anti-Treaty Message 61

10 "What If They're Right?": Reagan Holding Back 70

11 "Why Now? And Why Me?": Howard Baker and the Treaties 75

12 "Be Tolerant and Patient in Bringing People Around": Byrd's Advice While in Panama 82

13 "A Measure of Our Strength, Not Our Weakness": The Senate Advises and Consents 90

14 "Come On and Watch Me Lose My Seat": Gordon Humphrey and the New Right Sink Tom McIntyre 106

15 "I Haven't Found Anybody in Iowa That's for the Treaties": Roger Jepsen on the Issue That Made the Difference 117

16 "We Supported the Tough Conservative, the Business PAC Was Always for the Establishment": The PACmen Come 130

17 "A Group Like Ours Could Lie through Its Teeth and the Candidate It Helps Stays Clean": NCPAC Takes on Incumbents 140

18 "ACU Could Go Out of Business by Election Day": The Canal Cuts Both Ways 154

19 "I Hope That It's Over as an Issue": Reagan on the Canal after Ratification 164

20 "They Never Wanted to See Another Panama Canal Ad": The North Carolina Senate Campaign 171

21 "Is Idaho Up for Grabs?": The Canal, NCPAC, and Steve Symms Defeat Frank Church 180

22 "Cold Water on Some of His Supporters": The Canal Finishes a Weakened Talmadge 190

23 "A Senate Majority Made All the Difference in the World": Canal-Elected Senators and Baker Give Reagan a Chance to Govern 197

24 "We've Made a Difference": Reagan Changed the Nation, without the Canal 204.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-264) and index.

ISBN:

9780700615827

0700615822

OCLC:

180756992