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Oil money : Middle East petrodollars and the transformation of US empire, 1967-1988 / David M. Wight.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wight, David M., 1985- author.
- Series:
- United States in the world.
- The United States in the World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (360 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781501715730
- 1501715739
- OCLC:
- 1256802095
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