Title American oil diplomacy in the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea / Gawdat Bahgat.

Publication Info.	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2003]
	©2003

Online access
Online eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff.
Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook

Item Status

Description	1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages) : maps
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index.
Contents	Table of Contents; List of Tables vii; List of Maps ix; Preface xi; List of Abbreviations xv; 1. U.S. Energy Security 1; 2. The Global Energy Scene 24; 3. Managing Dependence: American-Saudi Oil Diplomacy 43; 4. The United States and Iraq: Continuity and Change 72; 5. The United States and Iran: Prospects for Rapprochement 103; 6. The Geopolitics of the Caspian Sea 140; Glossary 175; Notes 179; Bibliography 193; Index 207.
Summary	''An excellent study of U.S. policy on creating and maintaining a state of energy security.''--Hafeez Malik, Villanova UniversityThe United States is the world's largest oil consumer and importer. Here Gawdat Bahgat examines the nation's growing dependence on fossil fuels--particularly oil--and the main challenges it faces in securing supplies from two energy-rich regions, the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Persian Gulf Region.
	Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects.
	International relations.
	Persian Gulf Region.
	Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Caspian Sea Region.
	Caspian Sea Region.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- Persian Gulf Region.
	United States.
	Persian Gulf Region -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- Caspian Sea Region.
	Caspian Sea Region -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	Geopolitics -- Persian Gulf Region.
	Geopolitics.
	Geopolitics -- Caspian Sea Region.
	World politics -- 21st century.
	World politics.
Chronological Term	21st century
	2000-2099
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Bahgat, Gawdat. American oil diplomacy in the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2003 0813026393 9780813026398 (DLC) 2003040238 (OCoLC)51553176
ISBN	9780813031880 (electronic book)
	0813031885 (electronic book)

Title American oil diplomacy in the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea / Gawdat Bahgat.

Item Status

Library Links

Search Tools