TY  - BOOK
AU  - GLASER Charles L
TI  - Crude strategy: rethinking the US military commitment to defend Persian Gulf oil 
SN  - 978162616335 (pbk.):
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Washington
PB  - Georgetown University Press
KW  - PERSIAN GULF REGION
KW  -  STRATEGIC ASPECTS
KW  - PETROLEUM INDUSTRY AND TRADE
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  -  FOREIGN RELATIONS
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -