The oil kings : how the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia changed the balance of power in the Middle East / Andrew Scott Cooper.
By: Cooper, Andrew Scott
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TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-511) and index.Description: 530 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1439155178; 9781439155172; 1439157138 (ebook); 9781439157138 (ebook).Subject(s): Petroleum industry and trade -- Iran -- History -- 20th century | Petroleum industry and trade -- Saudi Arabia -- History -- 20th century | United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran | Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States | United States -- Foreign relations -- Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia -- Foreign relations -- United States | Iran -- Politics and government -- 1941-1979DDC classification: 327.73055 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 327.73055 C784 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003736931 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-511) and index.
A kind of super man -- Guardian of the Gulf -- Double indemnity -- Contingencies -- Oil shock -- Cruel summer -- Screaming eagle -- Potomac Scheherazade -- Henry's wars -- The spirit of '76 -- Royal flush -- Oil war.
An account of how the US decision in the mid-1970s to choose Saudi Arabia as the dominant oil power in the Mideast ultimately led to the Islamic revolution in Iran, and how oil came to dominate U.S. domestic and international affairs.
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