Oilcraft: The Myths 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 stabilize an otherwise volatile market; and that these assumptions in turn...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503600904
• ISBN13: 9781503600904
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"