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100 1 $aNoriega, Manuel Antonio,$d1934-2017.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88014308
245 10 $aAmerica's prisoner :$bthe memoirs of Manuel Noriega /$cManuel Noriega and Peter Eisner.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axxxi, 293 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aManuel Noriega is the only American prisoner of war. He may be a demon in the eyes of most Americans, but he has a unique and alarming view of the secrets behind U.S. relations with Panama and the real reasons for the 1989 invasion that removed him from power.
520 8 $aIn this memoir, certain to be one of the most newsworthy and controversial of the year, Noriega describes for the first time his backstage dealings with George Bush, Oliver North, William Casey and the CIA, Jimmy Carter, Fidel Castro and Moammar Gahdafi.
520 8 $aBut this is more than a deposed strongman's tell-all that some might find hard to believe. Noriega's story was investigated independently by Peter Eisner, a top foreign correspondent who has written about Latin America for twenty years and covered Noriega's fall for Newsday.
520 8 $aEisner's reporting finds support for some of Noriega's assertions and provides additional perspective for others, in his conduct as head of Panama's military, his secret dealings with Cuba on behalf of the CIA, his relations with key U.S. officials, and the unconscionable damage inflicted upon the people of Panama by the U.S. invasion. Moreover, Eisner raises new questions about the allegations that Noriega was a drug dealer and a murderer. In fact, he concludes Noriega is not guilty of these charges.
520 8 $aAnd then there is Noriega himself, a surprisingly savvy military man who saw himself as a nationalist, an honest broker between his allies in U.S. intelligence and his neighboring Latin American leaders. As Noriega tells it, his problems began when he began to resist the Reagan administration's efforts to fight communism in Central America.
520 8 $aAmerica's Prisoner is one of the most unusual and important accounts ever written about U.S. aggression and duplicity. It is the story of how we have imprisoned a man - and a nation.
600 10 $aNoriega, Manuel Antonio,$d1934-2017.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88014308
650 0 $aPresidents$zPanama$vBiography.
651 0 $aPanama$xHistory$yAmerican Invasion, 1989$xCauses.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRelations$zPanama.
651 0 $aPanama$xRelations$zUnited States.
700 1 $aEisner, Peter.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93083805
852 00 $bleh$hF1567.N67$iN67 1997