Held Hostage: America and Its Allies Confront OPEC, 1973 - 1981

The oil shocks of the 1970s, initiated by the first Arab oil embargo in 1973, stunned the industrialized world. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) controlled a resource that was vital to the national well-being and national security of America and its allies. In the United Stat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barr, Kathleen
Other Authors: Anderson, Terry H.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10782