Oil Kings How the U. S. , Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East

Name: Oil Kings How the U. S. , Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East
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ISBN: 9781439155189

ISBN-10: 1439155186

ISBN-13: 9781439155189

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Authors: Andrew Scott Cooper

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“Relying on a rich cache of previously classified notes, transcripts, cables, policy briefs, and memoranda, Andrew Cooper explains how oil drove, even corrupted, American foreign policy during a time when Cold War imperatives still applied,”* and tells why in the 1970s the U.S. switched its Middle East allegiance from the Shah of Iran to the Saudi royal family.Amid the oil shocks of the early 1970s, there was one man the U.S. could rely on: the Shah of Iran. The Shah sold us oil; we sold him weapons. But the U.S. and other industrialized economies could not tolerate repeated annual double digit increases in oil prices. During the 1976 election campaign, President Gerald Ford decided…

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List price: $30.00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/11/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Andrew Scott Cooper holds advanced degrees from Columbia University, University of Aberdeen, and Victoria University. Dr. Cooper has worked at the United Nations and Human Rights Watch and is a columnist for PBS/Frontline's Tehran Bureau.



Author's Note


Introduction


A Note on the Use of Iranian Imperial Tides



Gladiator



A Kind of Super Man



Guardian of the Gulf



Marital Vows



Contingencies



Oil Shock



Cruel Summer



Showdown



Screaming Eagle



Potomac Scheherazade



Henry's Wars



The Spirit of '76



Royal Flush



Oil War


Epilogue: The Last Hurrah


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index