Iraq and the international oil system : why America went to war in the Gulf /

Main Author: Pelletiere, Stephen C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Maisonneuve Press, 2004.
Edition:2nd ed.
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245 1 4 |a Iraq and the international oil system :  |b why America went to war in the Gulf /  |c Stephen Pelletière. 
250 1 4 |a 2nd ed. 
260 1 4 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b Maisonneuve Press,  |c 2004. 
300 1 4 |a 253 p. :  |b map ;  |c 23 cm. 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 1 4 |a 1. Birth of the U.S. oil industry and its movement overseas -- 2. Handful of companies gain control of the industry -- 3. Fall of Mosadeq and the triumph of the oil cartel in the United States -- 4. OPEC revolution and the clashes between Iraq and the Cartel -- 5. Second and third shocks and the 1987 reflagging -- 6. Iran-contra and Iraq, the media campaign that took America to war -- 7. Post-script. 
650 1 4 |a Persian Gulf War, 1991  |x Causes 
650 1 4 |a Petroleum industry and trade  |x Political aspects  |z United States. 
650 1 4 |a Petroleum industry and trade  |x Political aspects  |z Middle East. 
651 1 4 |a United States  |x Relations  |z Iraq. 
651 1 4 |a Iraq  |x Relations  |z United States 
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