Dear Sirs, I think it would be a great idea you contact the editor of Marco A. Gandasegui's books. They can give the information on all the titles that are in print and available. The address is:

CELA Apartado 87-1918, Panama 7, Rep of Panama or celaja@pty.com

Another good idea would be to delete the use of the accent on Gandasegui. It simplifies reaching his titles.

Yours,

Marco A. Gandasegui

La Tierra Dividida es una excelente forma de aproximarse a la historia de Panamá, y a la vez, a la génesis del Canal de Panamá; pues ambas están íntimamente ligadas y no puede comprenderse una sin la otra. La posición geográfica del país siempre ha sido un factor determinante del carácter de la nación ante el mundo; un puente, una ruta que abre la comunicación y el comercio mundial. El libro citado explora los antecedentes históricos de la ruta interoceánica sin caer en pudores nacionalistas ni en la ignorancia clásica del historiador extranjero que escribe desde un punto de vista ajeno. La Tierra Dividida es un libro bien documentado, de agradable lectura. Sinceramente, lo recomiendo.

This book is a boy who wants to paint.But then he has no paper.Then he asks his neighbors for paper but they don`t have any paper.So then he asks his Dad to paint on the house but he can`t.Then he got so upset that his parents let him paint.Then he painted all the houses.

The pictures are really extrodinary and the text is very readable and understandable. I don't tire of looking at the photos over and over.

Mystery on Taboga Island is one of best books I have ever read. it had a lot of information on Taboga Island and great description with characters anyone would enjoy. Definetly, a book for teen readers or younger.

This has been an outstanding book for Peace Corps Volunteers going to Ngäbe communities. Wish we could get more. The information according to the PCVs is that the book is very accurate and has helped them understand the customs and culture.

Taw's concise writing style is very readible and her research and conclusions are commendable. This book discusses the 1989 invasion of Panama and discusses what the US will need to do in order to replicate the success in future operations. This book will prove useful to anyone interested in LIC, the invasion of Panama, or Operations Other Than War. A word of note like all Rand Publications it is more of a booklet than a book, if readers are expecting glossy color pictures and lengthy despcription of various actions they will be disappointed, the book is cleary meant for professionals or those with a serious interest in the area, and it should prove very useful to them.

John Dinges, the author of the book, Our Man in Panama:The Shrewd Rise and Brutal Fall of Manuel Noriega, does justice in shedding light and illuminating the path to understanding the evolution to Noriega's involvement, as a foreign-policy actor, holding the highest military-government office in Panama and how the U.S. supported and politicially embraced Noriega as a key political figure.
The book evolves with Noriega's involvement with the CIA, his early years with the PDF, Central American involvement, electoral fraud in Panama in which the CIA funnels millions to destabilizes the opposition, and leads the reader to examine how the near, if not over, 30 years relationship between Noriega and the U.S.is breaking down.
More importantly, the book will intelligently raise questions, argue foreign policy issues, such as the canal bases-treaties, and how the media, as a shaper of opinion formulated and shaped opinion as well as cultivated a "non-responsive" mood in the U.S. It can be argued, in part, that the power of propaganda was instrumental in debilitating the average viewer with just enough information to keep the reader misinformed, confused, and as a non-participant voice during the U.S invasion of Panama.

I recently wrote a U.S. History Term paper on the Panama Canal, and during the scamble for resources, I found this book on Amazon.com. It served as the backbone of my paper, focusing on every facet of the canal's existence, including the flawed U.S. reasoning while aquiring the canal. Conniff makes the situation clear allowing you to make your own judgments. Without this book, I would not have had a paper. A+

This juvenile history of "The Panama Canal" from the Cornerstones of Freedom series provides a solid, basic background on the construction of one of the engineering wonders of the Modern World. Barbara Gaines Winkelman begins with the importance of the Monroe Doctrine in what was to come before going back to Balboa crossing the Isthmus of Panama to "discover" the Pacific Ocean. Spain was the first nation to seriously consider building a canal (the king ordered one built in 1814), but the revolt of Spanish colonies in South America ended that dream. It was not until the early 1900s that the United States emerged as a nation with the interest, money and power to build the canal. However, Winkelman details all of the various attempts and international politics in the interim period. The middle part of this volume covers the actual building of the canal in some detail while the final pages deal with the series of treaties that eventually gave Panama control of the canal, Young students doing a report on the history of the Panama Canal will find this an excellent resource, that goes well what little they might find in their history book. The historic etchings and photographs are particularly good in this volume, which is yet another solid effort in this most excellent series.