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Addicted to oil : America's relentless drive for energy security /

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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, espec...

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Main Author: Rutledge, Ian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan in the United States and Canada, 2005.
Subjects:
Petroleum reserves > Iraq.
Petroleum industry and trade > Government policy > United States.
Pétrole > Réserves > Irak.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Petroleum industry and trade > Government policy
Petroleum reserves
Iraq
United States
Erdölproduktion
Wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeit
Energieversorgung
Wirtschaftliche Sicherheit
USA
United States of America.
Iraq.
Energy.
Exportation and importation.
National security.
Oil.
International politics.
Wars.
Dépendance énergétique.
Industrie pétrolière.
Politique énergétique.
Politique étrangère.
Réserve de pétrole.
Sécurité énergétique.
États-Unis.
Moyen-Orient.
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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.
Physical Description:xv, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index.
ISBN:1850436746
9781850436744