Blood and Oil
The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum
Henry Holt and Co. · Print & ebook · August 1, 2005
In his pathbreaking Resource Wars, world security expert Michael Klare alerted us to the role of resources in conflicts in the post-cold-war world.
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- Who it’s for
- A clear-eyed look at how petroleum has shaped U.S. foreign policy and security.
- Themes
- Oil and U.S. foreign policy, U.S. dependence on imported petroleum, Oil dependence and military involvement
- Genres
- Energy Policy, Geopolitics, Security Studies
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In his pathbreaking Resource Wars, world security expert Michael Klare alerted us to the role of resources in conflicts in the post-cold-war world. Now, in Blood and Oil, he concentrates on a single precious commodity, petroleum, while issuing a warning to the United States—its most powerful, and most dependent, global consumer.
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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 of 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. With clarity and urgency, Blood and Oil delineates the United States' predicament and cautions that it is time to change our energy policies, before we spend the next decades paying for oil with blood.
Oil and Power
A clear-eyed look at how petroleum has shaped U.S. foreign policy and security.
Come here for
- Oil’s long reach into postwar international affairs
- The stakes of dependence on imported petroleum
Expect
- A brisk warning about energy policy and military entanglement
- History linked to an urgent argument about what comes next
Where it sits
| Energy Policy | 46% |
|---|---|
| Geopolitics | 45% |
| Security Studies | 26% |
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Publisher categories
- Trade & Tariffs
- Globalization
- Authors
- Michael T. Klare
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Published
- August 1, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Oil and U.S. foreign policy · U.S. dependence on imported petroleum · Oil dependence and military involvement
- Reading lane
- Trade & Tariffs