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.
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