| Description |
xv, 269 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Oil and America 2. The Die is Cast 3. How America Got Control of the Gulf 4. Energy Security and the Gulf: From Solution to Problem 5. The Axis of Oil 6. Energy Security Begins at Home 7. Canada, Venezuela and Mexico: A Hemispheric Solution? 8. The Caspian and Central Asia: A New Middle East? 9. America the Motorised 10. The Looming Crises 11. Oil and Islamism 12. A War for Oil |
| Summary |
It is in America's increasing motorisation and its consequent demand for oil, Rutledge argues, that America's foreign policy toward the Middle East has formed. The need for a secure oil protectorate in the oil rich area has led to diplomatic and defense entreaties to the Middle East, especially in Iraq |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographica references (pages 239-258) and index |
| Subject |
Petroleum reserves -- Iraq.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- United States.
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| Author |
ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2005275778 |
| ISBN |
9781850436744 |
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1850436746 hardback |
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