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100	1		_aMahdi, Ahmed
245	1	0	_aEnergy and US foreign policy : _bthe quest for resource security after the Cold War / _cAhmed Mahdy.
260			_aLondon : _bI.B. Tauris, _c2012.
300			_a311 p. ; _b22 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
490			_aInternational library of security studies ; _v3
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aINTRODUCTION -- 1. FOREIGN ENERGY RESOURCES IN THE POST-COLD WAR DECADE: The Democracy Conundrum, Regional Diversification, and an Ad Hoc Policy on Energy Resources -- 2. THE UNILATER AL OILMAN: Energy Procurement in George W. Bush's Foreign Policy (January-September 2001) -- 3. ANTI-TERRORISM MELDS WITH ENERGY PROCUREMENT: How the 11 September Attacks Affected the Quest for Foreign Oil -- 4. 'A BIG SHOT' AND 'A LOT OF MONEY': Operation Iraqi Freedom and US Foreign Energy Policy -- CONCLUSION: Overstretch, the Decline of Energy Security and the Fall of the American Empire
520			_aThe quest for oil can be seen as a defining principle of global US foreign policy, an imperative which has shaped and redefined the practice of American... diplomacy, especially in the wake of 9/11, which raised questions about the stability of global oil resources. In Energy and US Foreign Policy, Ahmed Mahdi relates the military expansion of the world's biggest superpower to its quest to gain guaranteed and secure access to the world's most important commodity. Examining the foreign policy of George Bush, Sr., Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, culminating in the unprecedented military campaigns of the latter, Mahdi demonstrates how and why oil has played a central role in US relations with the wider world. By dissecting the failures of the US to secure its own economic and energy interests, and by demonstrating the devastating impact this has had on the rest of the world, especially in the Middle East, Mahdi offers vital analysis for researchers and students of International Relations, Diplomacy, Security, and Energy Studies.
650		0	_aEnergy policy _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPetroleum industry and trade _xpolitical aspects _zUnited States
650		0	_aSecurity, International
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _y1989-
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