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Oilcraft: The Myth of Scarcity and Security That Haunt U.S. Energy Policy

by Robert Vitalis

A bracing corrective to the myths that have shaped economic, military, and diplomatic policy, dispelling our oil-soaked fantasies of dependence. There is a conventional wisdom about oil—that the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf is what guarantees access to this strategic resource; that the “special” relationship with Saudi Arabia is necessary to st

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

240

ISBN

9781503600904