Crude strategy: rethinking the US military commitment to defend Persian Gulf oil / editors Charles L. Glaser and Rosemary A. Kelanic.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2016.Description: vi, 300 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
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Subject(s): Summary: The American objective of ensuring the flow of Persian Gulf oil, by force if necessary, has rarely been questioned by scholars or policymakers since the Gulf became the site of U.S. military deployments. It is time to reexamine the U.S. military commitment to keeping Gulf oil flowing. Quite dramatic changes have occurred in world oil markets, the regional balance of power, and the limits of US defense budgets. This opens up the possibility that the United States
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Book Defence Academy Library On-Shelf 355.0330536 GLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 57592-2001
Book Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah - Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies Library On-Shelf 355.0330536 GLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 57592-3001

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The American objective of ensuring the flow of Persian Gulf oil, by force if necessary, has rarely been questioned by scholars or policymakers since the Gulf became the site of U.S. military deployments. It is time to reexamine the U.S. military commitment to keeping Gulf oil flowing. Quite dramatic changes have occurred in world oil markets, the regional balance of power, and the limits of US defense budgets. This opens up the possibility that the United States

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