LEADER 04764nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910781844103321 005 20230725053803.0 010 $a0-8014-6340-8 010 $a0-8014-6339-4 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801463396 035 $a(CKB)2550000000063046 035 $a(OCoLC)761284053 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10508789 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540013 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11334204 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540013 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10581095 035 $a(PQKB)10886980 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001499055 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138263 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28974 035 $a(DE-B1597)478530 035 $a(OCoLC)979744038 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801463396 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138263 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10508789 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681835 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000063046 100 $a20110425d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe petroleum triangle$b[electronic resource] $eoil, globalization, and terror /$fSteve A. Yetiv 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50553-5 311 $a0-8014-5002-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. America and Middle Eastern Oil -- $tPart I. Oil and Transnational Terrorism -- $t2. Explaining September 11: The Oil Factor -- $t3. Rising Anti-Americanism in the Global Audience -- $t4. Oil Money, Terrorist Financing, and Weapons of Mass Destruction -- $t5. Oil Money and Hated Regimes: Fueling Terrorism -- $tPart II. Globalization and Transnational Terrorism -- $t6. The Deadly Nexus of Globalization, Oil, and Terrorism -- $t7. How Globalization Amplifies the Terrorist Threat -- $tConclusion -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aIn The Petroleum Triangle, Steve A. Yetiv tells the interconnected story of oil, globalization, and terrorism. Yetiv asks how Al-Qaeda, a small band of terrorists, became such a real and perceived threat to American and global security, a threat viewed as profound enough to motivate the strongest power in world history to undertake extraordinary actions, including two very costly wars.Yetiv argues that Middle East oil and globalization have combined to augment the real and perceived threat of transnational terrorism. Globalization has allowed terrorists to do things that otherwise would be more difficult and costly: exploit technology, generate fear beyond their capabilities, target vulnerable economic and political nodes, and capitalize on socio-economic dislocation. Meanwhile, Middle East oil has fueled terrorism by helping to bolster oil-rich regimes that terrorists hate, to fund the terrorist infrastructure, and to generate anti-American and anti-Western sentiments about American support for oil-rich regimes and perceived Western designs on Middle East oil. Together, Middle East oil and globalization have combined in various ways to help create Al-Qaeda's real and perceived threat, and that of its affiliates and offshoots. The combined effect has shaped important contours of the Petroleum Triangle and of world affairs.A sweeping analysis of contemporary world politics and American foreign and military policy, The Petroleum Triangle convincingly argues that it is critical to understand the connections among oil, globalization, and terrorism if we seek to comprehend modern global politics. What happens within the Petroleum Triangle will help determine if the death of Osama bin Laden will ultimately cripple Al-Qaeda and its affiliates or be yet another milestone in an ongoing age of terrorism. 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aTerrorism$xEconomic aspects 606 $aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects 606 $aGlobalization$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aTerrorism$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aGlobalization$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a338.2/7282 686 $aMF 9150$2rvk 700 $aYetiv$b Steven A$0870714 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781844103321 996 $aThe petroleum triangle$93679105 997 $aUNINA