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The Middle East, oil, and the U.S. national security policy : intractable conflicts, impossible solutions /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Snow, Donald M., 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > Middle East.
United States > Military policy.
National security > United States.
Energy policy > United States.
Security, International.
Table of Contents:
  • The foreign and national security inheritance: the Cold War paradigm
  • Military manpower: who serves his (or her) country
  • Energy and policy determination: oil addiction and its consequences
  • A return to energy independence and its consequences: shale oil and gas
  • The vexatious Middle East
  • The U.S. posture in the Middle East
  • One size doesn't fit all: policy toward very different places
  • Moving ahead: time for a change.