Oil crusades : America through Arab eyes / / Abdulhay Yahya Zalloum
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| Autore: |
Zalloum Abdulhay Y. <1936->
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| Titolo: |
Oil crusades : America through Arab eyes / / Abdulhay Yahya Zalloum
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327.730174927 |
| Soggetto topico: | Energy policy - Political aspects - United States |
| Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects - Arab countries | |
| Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations Arab countries |
| Arab countries Foreign relations United States | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Beginning of the End? -- 2 God, Geology, Geopolitics, and Geography: A Brief History of Oil -- 3 The Scramble for Oil in Iraq -- 4 Black Gold and the Dollar -- 5 Inside OPEC, Big OilÌs Invisible Hand -- 6 Crusading for Israel -- 7 Oil and God -- 8 Future Imperfect: Why America Must Change -- Notes -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | -- Leading oil consultant offers a damning critique of US policy --Oil is the lifeblood of modern economics. It is the precious resource at the heart of empire-building -- from the British empire to the American empire today. It underpins the world's fina |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Oil crusades |
| ISBN: | 1-84964-327-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815706803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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