250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 2002. Oil is of strategic significance. The bulk of the earth's known oil reserves, more than 70 percent, is concentrated in the Persian Gulf area. And although alternative energy sources have been vigorously pursued, the United States continues, since 1970, to import from the Persian Gulf 24 percent of needed oil for her own consumption. Since this study was completed thirty... Read more
Chapter 1 The Demand for Oil; Chapter 2 The Strategic Significance of Oil and Oil in the Persian Gulf; Chapter 3 The Story of the Power Struggle for the Control of Oil; Chapter 4 The Iranian Crisis; Chapter 5 Instruments of Control; Chapter 6 The Soviet Union; Chapter 7 Wresting the Control; Chapter 8 Conclusion;
Biography
Alawi D. Kayal
