Our Man in Panama

Our Man in Panama has been acclaimed as the definitive account of Manuel Noriegas rise to power and Americas part in it. It includes information on the American invasion of Panama and Noriegas trial and a thorough account of the generals many intrigues. The author delineates Noriegas intricate web of relationships – with Fidel Castro CIA director-William Casey and Oliver North among others. He takes us inside the bizarre byzantine world of Panamanian power politics with its drug kings arms dealers spies and hapless diplomats. Our Man in Panama – selected as a notable book of 1990 by The New York Times – is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the strange and tangled history of America and Panama as well as the case against Manuel Noriega.