Crude Awakenings : Global Oil Security and American Foreign Policy /

"The real story of global oil over the past twenty-five years is not about the spillover effects of Palestinians fighting Israelis, or terrorist attacks on U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, or Iraq's stormy relationship with Kuwait. It is not even about periodic small- and large-scale...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Yetiv, Steve A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2010]
Temas:
Petroleum industry and trade > Middle East.
Security, International.
Political Science & Political History.
U.S. History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Threats to Saudi Stability
  • 3. Power Shifts
  • 4. The Chief Guarantor of Oil Stability
  • 5. The United States in the Middle East before and after September 11
  • 6. The Cold War and Global Interdependence
  • 7. The China Factor
  • 8. The Oil Weapon
  • 9. Multiple Cushions for Oil Shocks
  • 10. Oil Market Dynamics and OPEC
  • 11. Global Oil, High Technology, and the Environment
  • 12. Twenty-First-Century Threats to Global Oil Stability
  • Appendix A. List of Interview Subjects
  • Appendix B. The Middle East and Global Energy: A Chronology, 1973-2003
  • Index

Ejemplares similares