| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 96.1

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Book Review

Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right. By Adam Clymer. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2008. x, 286 pp. $29.95, ISBN 978-0-7006-1582-7.)
In this well-written and insightful book, Adam Clymer makes the case for reexamining, in March and April of 1978, the ratification of the treaties that relinquished United States control of the Panama Canal and the surrounding Canal Zone. According to Clymer, this episode was an "overlooked turning point in American political history" in which conservatism established itself as the dominant political ideology in the United States (p. x).	1
Clymer succeeds in shedding new light on the story but ultimately fails in proving its wider political significance. He deserves special credit for his rich portrayal of many colorful political figures. He draws on letters and archival sources, but especially on personal interviews, from which he has collected dozens of pithy quotes.	. . .

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