Energy and US foreign policy the quest for resource security after the Cold War

The author demonstrates how and why oil has played a central role in US relations with the wider world. He builds a compelling picture of America trying, and failing, to secure its energy supplies with enormous and sobering consequences; Washington's quest for oil has actually weakened and unde...

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Main Author: Mahdi, Ahmed (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris 2012
Series:International library of security studies ; v. 3.
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