Blood and Oil_ The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum

Since September 11th 2001 And The Commencement Of The 'war On Terror', The World's Attention Has Been Focused On The Relationship Between Us Foreign Policy In The Middle East And The Oceans Of Crude Oil That Lie Beneath The Region's Soil. Michael Klare Traces Oil's Impact On International Affairs Since World War Ii, Revealing Its Influence On The Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon And Carter Governments. He Shows How America's Own Wells Are Drying Up As Demand Increases And Warns That By 2010 The Us Will Need To Import 60% Of Its Oil. And Since Most Of This Supply Will Have To Come From Chronically Unstable, Often Violently Anti-american Zones - The Persian Gulf, The Caspian Sea, Latin America And Africa - Their Dependency Is Bound To Lead To Recurrent Military Involvement. Cover About the Author Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface BLOOD AND OIL 1 The Dependency Dilemma: Imported Oil and National Security 2 Lethal Embrace: The American Alliance with Saudi Arabia 3 Choosing Dependency: The Energy Strategy of the Bush Administration 4 Trapped in the Gulf: The Irresistible Lure of Bountiful Petroleum 5 No Safe Havens: Oil and Conflict Beyond the Persian Gulf 6 Geopolitics Reborn: The U.S.-Russian-Chinese Struggle in the Persian Gulf and Caspian Basin 7 Escaping the Dilemma: A Strategy for Energy Autonomy and Integrity Notes ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Index Footnotes Lethal Embrace: The American Alliance with Saudi Arabia Page 41 Page 44 No Safe Havens: Oil and Conflict Beyond the Persian Gulf Page 124 Page 127 Escaping the Dilemma: A Strategy for Energy Autonomy and Integrity Page 195 "Since September 11 and the commencement of the "war on terror," the world's attention has been focused on the relationship between U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and the oceans of crude oil that lie beneath the region's soil. Klare traces oil's impact on international affairs since World War II, revealing its influence on the Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, and Carter doctrines. He shows how America's own wells are drying up as our demand increases; by 2010 the United States will need to import 60 percent of its oil. And since most to this supply will have to come from chronically unstable, often violently anti-American zones - the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Sea, Latin America, and Africa - our dependency is bound to lead to recurrent military involvement."--Jacket