Oilcraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security That Haunt U.S. Energy Policy

by Robert Vitalis

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A bracing corrective to the myths that have shaped economic, military, and diplomatic policy, dispelling our oil-soaked fantasies of dependence.

There is a conventional wisdom about oil--that the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf is what guarantees access to this strategic resource; that the "special" relationship with Saudi Arabia is necessary to stabilize an otherwise volatile market; and that these assumptions in turn...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1503600904

ISBN13:9781503600904

Release Date:July 2020

Publisher:Stanford University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.14 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"

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History Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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