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Middle East oil and the energy crisis

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OSTI ID:7351634
A comprehensive political history of the Middle East oil industry, with emphasis on developments during the last decade, is provided in order to understand the current demands of producing countries. The following chapters are included: Middle East Oil: The Beginnings; World War II and the Consolidation of American Oil Interests in the Middle East; The Bonanza Years: 1948-1960; Oil Politics and Economic Nationalism: The Background to OPEC; Middle East Oil in the 1960s; Monopoly at Home: Prelude to the Energy Crisis; The Road to Teheran Is Through Tripoli; Controlling Oil Resources: Nationalization and Participation; The Oil Weapon, the October War, and the Price Explosion; and The Nature of the Crisis. (BYB)
OSTI ID:
7351634
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English