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The Path Between the Seas

David McCullough

What did it take to build the Panama Canal, an effort that ruined reputations, shook nations and drew the United States into global affairs?

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Author
David McCullough

Why read it

  • You will see how a great project can collapse, ruining reputations and shaking a nation, before others finish it
  • You will understand why medicine, planning and labour relations mattered alongside engineering in a huge project
  • You will learn how national pride and ambition drive big undertakings, and who pays when they go wrong

Who it is for

  • A project manager facing a huge job that keeps going wrong
  • A reader of engineering and history who likes big human dramas
  • Someone curious how the United States became a global power

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Book One: The Vision, 1870–1894
  3. Chapter 1: Threshold
  4. Chapter 2: The Hero
  5. Chapter 3: Consensus of One
  6. Chapter 4: Distant Shores
  7. Chapter 5: The Incredible Task
  8. Chapter 6: Soldiers Under Fire
  9. Chapter 7: Downfall
  10. Chapter 8: The Secrets of Panama
  11. Book Two: Stars and Stripes Forever, 1890–1904
  12. Chapter 9: Theodore the Spinner
  13. Chapter 10: The Lobby
  14. Chapter 11: Against All Odds
  15. Chapter 12: Adventure by Trigonometry
  16. Chapter 13: Remarkable Revolution
  17. Chapter 14: Envoy Extraordinary
  18. Book Three: The Builders, 1904–1914
  19. Chapter 15: The Imperturbable Dr. Gorgas
  20. Chapter 16: Panic
  21. Chapter 17: John Stevens
  22. Chapter 18: The Man with the Sun in His Eyes
  23. Chapter 19: The Chief Point of Attack
  24. Chapter 20: Life and Times
  25. Chapter 21: Triumph
  26. Afterword
  27. About David McCullough

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