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Essay Instructions: My assignment is to do a Book Report on a historical work within the 20th century, i choose the book "The Panama Canal Controversy: U.S. Diplomacy and Defense interests" by Paul B. Ryan, publisher "Hoover Inst Pr; First edition (November 1977)".

This assignment consists of Summarizing and Analyzing the book.

Only source that must be used is "The Panama Canal Controversy" with the length of 5 pages.
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Essay Instructions: The Panama Canal

HYPERLINK "http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/panama/player/" t "_parent" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/panama/player/

The construction of the Panama Canal was a monumental feat symbolizing to the rest of the world The United States’ ingenuity and industrial determination. It also illustrated that the United States was more than ready to play on the global stage. However, the financial and human cost to build the canal was heavy, and the way the U.S. government went about organizing the project was less than ethnical.

For this assignment, I want you to watch the documentary Panama Canal. Pay attention to the politics behind the canal’s construction and answer the following questions: How was the land acquired to build it? What tactics did President Roosevelt employ to gain control of the isthmus? What was the human price to build it, and who did most of the hard labor? What technologies were used to build the canal? Why was the canal deemed important to the United States? Finally, why and when did the United States cede the canal back to the Panamanians?

This paper is due the 17th of April. Please upload it to the dropbox. The format is the same as the last paper: 12pts font, Times New Roman, 2 pages, and if you use outside sources, cite them

Essay Instructions: Define what a treaty is, the types of treaties, and why they are significant. Select a treaty. Identify multilateral treaty what countries were/ are the major supporters/opponents? To what extent was this treaty "successful". This can be subjective. To what extent did the treaty impact the international system. How is this affecting international relations today and in the future? Examples of possible treaties. You do not have to select one of these treaties, but these are provided for illustration purposes. The Treaty of Versatiles, The Panama Canal Treaty, The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, The Treaty of Maastricht, The Chemical Weapons Convention, The Various Geneva Conventions Governing Warfare, The North American Free Trade Agreement, Treaty of Westphalia.


Please cite and bibliography

Essay Instructions: The paper has to include:Title Page, executive summary, introduction, literature review, methodology section,findings section and a conclusion. References are to include citations and a bibliography.
The case studies examened were, 1.Cuba and the US trade embargo 2.Mexico and the use of US branch plants or maquiladoras 3.Colombia and the US war on drugs 4.Brazil and the US environmental standards in the rainforest 5.Panama Canal and US actions regarding US involvement6. Chile and the Chile US free trade agreement. Theses topics are to be covered in the paper
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