MATTHEW PARKER is the author of The Battle of Britain and Monte Cassino. He lives in London, England.
List of Illustrations | |
Preface: The Battle to Build the Canal | |
The Golden Isthmus | |
"The Keys to the Universe" | p. 3 |
Rivalry and Stalemate | p. 12 |
Gold Rush | p. 21 |
"A Natural Culminating Point" | p. 28 |
The Competing Routes | p. 40 |
The French Tragedy | |
"Le Grand Francais" | p. 49 |
The Fatal Decision | p. 60 |
The Riches of France | p. 71 |
"Travail Commence" | p. 89 |
Fever | p. 107 |
Jules Dingler | p. 121 |
Annus Horribilis | p. 144 |
Collapse and Scandal | p. 169 |
The American Triumph | |
Heroes and Villains - The "Battle of the Routes" | p. 199 |
"I Took the Isthmus" | p. 219 |
"Make the Dirt Fly" | p. 253 |
Yellow Jack | p. 284 |
Restart | p. 304 |
The Railroad Era | p. 328 |
The Digging Machine | p. 343 |
Segregation | p. 375 |
"The Army of Panama" | p. 395 |
"Hell's Gorge" | p. 420 |
"Lord How Piercing!" | p. 440 |
The Land Divided, The World United | p. 455 |
Postscript Whose Canal Is It, Anyway? | p. 462 |
Notes | p. 473 |
Select Bibliography | p. 509 |
Index | p. 517 |
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