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Autore |
Wight David M. <1985-> |
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Oil money : Middle East petrodollars and the transformation of US empire, 1967-1988 / / David M. Wight [[electronic resource]] |
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Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (360 pages) |
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Collana |
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The United States in the world |
Cornell scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects |
United States Foreign economic relations Middle East |
Middle East Foreign economic relations United States |
United States Economic conditions 1945- |
Middle East Economic conditions 1945- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Also issued in print: 2021. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Oil, US Empire, and the Middle East -- 2. The Road to the Oil Shock -- 3. Pursuing Petrodollar Interdependence -- 4. The Triangle to the Nile -- 5. The Petrodollar Economy -- 6. Visions of Petrodollar Promise and Peril -- 7. Reform and Revolt -- 8. Revolution and Invasions -- 9. Recoveries and Crises -- 10. End of an Era -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 'Oil Money', David M. Wight offers a new framework for understanding the course of Middle East-US relations during the 1970s and 1980s: the transformation of the US global empire by Middle East petrodollars. |
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