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Crude Interventions : the United States, oil and the new world (dis)order /
Crude Interventions examines the military and economic policies of the Bush administration in oil-rich regions of the world. More precisely, it examines the socio-economic and human rights consequences of these policies, as well as those of recent US administrations and multinational energy companie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Zed Books Ltd.,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Crude Interventions examines the military and economic policies of the Bush administration in oil-rich regions of the world. More precisely, it examines the socio-economic and human rights consequences of these policies, as well as those of recent US administrations and multinational energy companies, for the peoples of oil producing nations in the global South. With only four percent of the world's population, the United States consumes 25 per cent of global energy production. This thirst for energy has played a significant role in determining US foreign policy in recent decades. By focusing. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 248 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848131255 1848131259 9781848136366 1848136366 1281259128 9781281259127 |