Energy and US Foreign Policy : the Quest for Resource Security after the Cold War.
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- Energy policy -- United States
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- United States
- Security, International
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
- Politique énergétique -- États-Unis
- Pétrole -- Industrie et commerce -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
- États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- 1989-
- Iraq War
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Energy
- SCIENCE -- Energy
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- General
- Diplomatic relations
- Energy policy
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects
- Security, International
- United States
- Since 1989
- 333.790973
- HD9502.U52 M34 2012
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. FOREIGN ENERGY RESOURCES IN THE POST-COLD WAR DECADE: The Democracy Conundrum, Regional Diversification, and an Ad Hoc Policy on Energy Resources; 2. THE UNILATER AL OILMAN: Energy Procurement in George W. Bush's Foreign Policy (January-September 2001); 3. ANTI-TERRORISM MELDS WITH ENERGY PROCUREMENT: How the 11 September Attacks Affected the Quest for Foreign Oil; 4. 'A BIG SHOT' AND 'A LOT OF MONEY': Operation Iraqi Freedom and US Foreign Energy Policy; CONCLUSION: Overstretch, the Decline of Energy Security and the Fall of the American Empire.
The quest for oil can be seen as a defining principle of global US foreign policy, an imperative which has shaped and redefined the practice of American diplomacy, especially in the wake of 9/11, which raised questions about the stability of global oil resources. In "Energy and US Foreign Policy", Ahmed Mahdi relates the military expansion of the world's biggest superpower to its quest to gain guaranteed and secure access to the world's most important commodity. Examining the foreign policy of George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, culminating in the unprecedented military.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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