Isbn: 9781626163348 - crude strategy: rethinking the us military commitment to defend persian gulf oil (7 Ergebnisse)

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. 2016. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New. Policymakers and scholars have long assumed the US must maintain a military presence in the Middle East to protect access to Persian Gulf oil. The authors reconsider this policy based on analyses from a multidisciplinary team of political scientists, histor.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 328 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Should the United States ask its military to guarantee the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf If the US security commitment is in fact strategically sound, what posture should the military adopt to protect Persian Gulf oil Charles L. Glaser and Rosemary A. Kelanic present a collection of new essays from a multidisciplinary team of political scientists, historians, and economists that provide answers to these questions. Contributors delve into a range of vital economic and security issues: the economic costs of a petroleum supply disruption, whether or not an American withdrawal increases the chances of oil-related turmoil, the internal stability of Saudi Arabia, budgetary costs of the forward deployment of US forces, and the possibility of blunting the effects of disruptions with investment in alternative energy resources. The result is a series of bold arguments toward a much-needed revision of US policy toward the Persian Gulf during an era of profound change in oil markets and the balance of power in the Middle East.…