The Strategic Significance and Future of the Panama Canal.

Abstract

The paper examines whether an interocean waterway through Central America is now or will in the forseeable future be of sufficient strategic significance to the U.S. defense posture to require retention of control over the Panama or a successor canal. The history and importance of the Panama Canal to world commerce were examined as was its wartime defense role.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 14, 1974
Accession Number
ADA006456

Entities

People

  • Jacquelson A. Jennewein

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bodies Of Water
  • Canals
  • Central America
  • Commerce
  • Inland Waterways
  • Panama Canal
  • Waterways

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Urban Planning and Geography.