Oil crusades : America through Arab eyes / Abdulhay Yahya Zalloum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zalloum, Abdulhay Y., 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy--Political aspects--United States.

Energy policy.

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--Arab countries.

Petroleum industry and trade.

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

United States--Foreign relations--Arab countries.

United States.

Arab countries--Foreign relations--United States.

Arab countries.

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

-- 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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849643276

184964327X

OCLC:

654106676