The Sack of Panamá
Author: Peter Earle
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 346
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn historical account of his capture and sack of the city of Panama in 1671.
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Author: Peter Earle
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn historical account of his capture and sack of the city of Panama in 1671.
Author: Peter Earle
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2007-02-06
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1429954892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCaptain Henry Morgan's capture of the city of Panamá in 1671 is seen as one of the most audacious military operations in history. In The Sack of Panamá , Peter Earle masterfully retells this classic story, combining thorough research with an emphasis on the battles that made Morgan a pirate legend. Morgan's raid was the last in a series of brutal attacks on Spanish possessions in the Caribbean, all sanctioned by the British crown. Earle recounts the five violent years leading up to the raid, then delivers a detailed account of Morgan's march across enemy territory, as his soldiers contended with hunger, tropical diseases, and possible ambushes from locals. He brings a unique dimension to the story by devoting nearly as much space to the Spanish victims as to the Jamican privateers who were the aggressors. The book covers not only the scandalous events in the Colonial West Indies, but also the alarmed reactions of diplomats and statesmen in Madrid and London. While Morgan and his men were laying siege to Panamá , the simmering hostilities between the two nations resulted in vicious political infighting that rivaled the military battles in intensity. With a wealth of colorful characters and international intrigue, The Sack of Panamá is a painstaking history that doubles as a rip-roaring adventure tale.
Author: Sandra Marie Petrovich
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 156
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHenry Morgan and his band of English commission buccaneers went on a raid of reprisal against he Spanish, looting Panama and ultimatly destroying the city. They also nearly managed to ruin the diplomatic plans between England and Spain. As a result of this King Charles II created a colonial policy for the Carribean, something the British had lacked for half a century.
Author: Walter Piatt
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study reviews Sir Henry Morgan's attack on Panama City in 1671. Henry Morgan was successful because he applied combat power correctly. Morgan faced an enemy of superior numbers, yet he was successful. Morgan chose an objective that was thought to be unobtainable, yet he won. Morgan received no formal education in the art of war; he learned from his own experience and the experience of the pirates before him. In his last great exploit Morgan chose the famous city of Panama for his objective. This study shows how Morgan applied the elements of combat power in capturing Panama City, a city never before conquered. This study concludes by showing how the tactics of Henry Morgan are important to the military leader today. Morgan serves as an example of how to apply the elements of combat power. Morgan's use of maneuver is a text book example for young leaders to study today. Perhaps most important is Morgan's example of how leadership is vital to every military operation. The study of Morgan's leadership and how he was able to achieve what others thought could not be done is an example for all leaders.
Author: Charles Loftus Grant Anderson
Publisher:
Published: 1914
Total Pages: 672
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Earle
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780906090862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin
Publisher:
Published: 1684
Total Pages: 528
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Lindsay-Poland
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2003-02-11
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 0822384604
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEmperors in the Jungle is an exposé of key episodes in the military involvement of the United States in Panama. Investigative journalism at its best, this book reveals how U.S. ideas about taming tropical jungles and people, combined with commercial and military objectives, shaped more than a century of intervention and environmental engineering in a small, strategically located nation. Whether uncovering the U.S. Army’s decades-long program of chemical weapons tests in Panama or recounting the invasion in December 1989 which was the U.S. military’s twentieth intervention in Panama since 1856, John Lindsay-Poland vividly portrays the extent and costs of U.S. involvement. Analyzing new evidence gathered through interviews, archival research, and Freedom of Information Act requests, Lindsay-Poland discloses the hidden history of U.S.–Panama relations, including the human and environmental toll of the massive canal building project from 1904 to 1914. In stunning detail he describes secret chemical weapons tests—of toxins including nerve agent and Agent Orange—as well as plans developed in the 1960s to use nuclear blasts to create a second canal in Panama. He chronicles sustained efforts by Panamanians and international environmental groups to hold the United States responsible for the disposal of the tens of thousands of explosives it left undetonated on the land it turned over to Panama in 1999. In the context of a relationship increasingly driven by the U.S. antidrug campaigns, Lindsay-Poland reports on the myriad issues that surrounded Panama’s takeover of the canal in accordance with the 1977 Panama Canal Treaty, and he assesses the future prospects for the Panamanian people, land, and canal area. Bringing to light historical legacies unknown to most U.S. citizens or even to many Panamanians, Emperors in the Jungle is a major contribution toward a new, more open relationship between Panama and the United States.
Author: Alexander O. Exquemelin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-12-27
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0486138690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFascinating chronicle of the bands of plundering sea rovers who roamed the Caribbean and coastlines of Central America in the 17th century. Includes exploits of the infamous Henry Morgan and his burning of Panama City.