Energy and US foreign policy : the quest for resource security after the Cold War / Ahmed Mahdi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahdi, Ahmed.

Series:

International library of security studies ; 3.

International library of security studies ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy--United States.

Energy policy.

United States.

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--United States.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects.

Security, International.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

International relations.

Physical Description:

311 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.

Summary:

'What was the motivation behind the Bush Administration's foreign policy, especially towards the Middle East? And did it work?

If is to Ahmed Mahdi's credit that he avoids the easy - and incorrect - answers. This was not just about oil or power or American ideology. The Bush foreign policy concerned all of these and more, as it pursued a long-term American dominance. But, as Dr Mahdi shows, the quest did not work. Instead, the US found itself facing even more challenges to its supposed supremacy after the failure of the intervention in Iraq.

A powerful and important book.'

Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies, University of Birmingham Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Foreign Energy Resources in the Post-Cold War Decade: The Democracy Conundrum, Regional. Diversification, and an Ad Hoc Policy on Energy Resources 22

2 The Unilateral Oilman: Energy Procurement in George W. Bush's Foreign Policy (January-September 2001) 56

3 Anti-Terrorism Melds with Energy Procurement: How the 11 September Attacks Affected the Quest for Foreign Oil 95

4 'A Big Shot' and 'A Lot of Money': Operation Iraqi Freedom and US Foreign Energy Policy 135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848857766

1848857764

OCLC:

753305394