Oil money : Middle East petrodollars and the transformation of US empire, 1967-1988 / / David M. Wight [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Wight David M. <1985->
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| Titolo: |
Oil money : Middle East petrodollars and the transformation of US empire, 1967-1988 / / David M. Wight [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (360 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 338.2728 |
| Soggetto topico: | Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign economic relations Middle East |
| Middle East Foreign economic relations United States | |
| United States Economic conditions 1945- | |
| Middle East Economic conditions 1945- | |
| Note generali: | Also issued in print: 2021. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Oil money |
| ISBN: | 1-5017-1573-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910554213703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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