Blood and Oil

By Michael T. Klare

Subjects: United states, foreign relations, Politique énergétique, Sécurité énergétique, Dépendance énergétique, Aardolie, Seguridad nacional, Foreign relations, Oil industries, Defensa nacional, Petroleum industry and trade, Energy policy, United states, military policy, Energiebeleid, Diplomatic relations, Petroleum reserves, Réserve de pétrole, Industria del petróleo, National security, Petróleo, Military policy, Energiepolitik, Energy policy, united states, Industrie pétrolière, Pétrole, Politique étrangère, Industria y comercio, Sécurité nationale, Política energética, Buitenlandse politiek, National security, united states, Industrie et commerce, Innere Sicherheit, Petroleum industry and trade, united states, Erdölindustrie, Industria petrolífera

Description: "Since September 11 and the commencement of the "war on terror," the world's attention has been focused on the relationship between U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and the oceans of crude oil that lie beneath the region's soil. Klare traces oil's impact on international affairs since World War II, revealing its influence on the Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, and Carter doctrines. He shows how America's own wells are drying up as our demand increases; by 2010 the United States will need to import 60 percent of its oil. And since most to this supply will have to come from chronically unstable, often violently anti-American zones - the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Sea, Latin America, and Africa - our dependency is bound to lead to recurrent military involvement."--BOOK JACKET