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Leech, Garry M.

Title Crude Interventions : the United States, oil and the new world (dis)order / Garry Leech.

Publication Info.	London ; New York : Zed Books Ltd., [2006]
	©2006

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet	WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK EBSCO	Downloadable
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Description	1 online resource (vii, 248 pages) : maps
Summary	Crude Interventions examines the military and economic policies of the Bush administration in oil-rich regions of the world. More precisely, it examines the socio-economic and human rights consequences of these policies, as well as those of recent US administrations and multinational energy companies, for the peoples of oil producing nations in the global South. With only four percent of the world's population, the United States consumes 25 per cent of global energy production. This thirst for energy has played a significant role in determining US foreign policy in recent decades. By focusing.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Iraq: seeking the riches of Babylon -- Central Asia: the Silk Road strategy -- West Africa: exploiting the other gulf -- Colombia: feeding Washington'saddiction -- Venezuela: an alternative for the twenty-first century? -- Conclusion.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- United States.
	United States -- Foreign economic relations -- 21st century.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
	Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
	International economic relations. (OCoLC)fst00976891
	Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01059632
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	2000-2099
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: 9781842776285

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