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Title: Politics, history, and engineering marvels
Review: To this day the sheer scope of the undertaking of the Panama Canal remains simply astounding. It would be a challenging project with modern technology, which only makes you appreciate the imagination and the inventiveness of the engineers from a hundred years back. That's not to say that it all worked out smoothly, in fact, this book does a wonderful job of documenting the many false starts, failed enterprises, political schemes and machinations, and the engineering challenges along the way. If you're curious about the history, the individuals and the politics behind the project, then this is your book.
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