Bibliograph

Oilcraft, the myths of scarcity and security that haunt U.S. energy policy, Robert Vitalis

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Oilcraft, the myths of scarcity and security that haunt U.S. energy policy, Robert Vitalis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Oilcraft

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1143827184

Responsibility statement

Robert Vitalis

Sub title

the myths of scarcity and security that haunt U.S. energy policy

Summary

"With this book, Bob Vitalis tackles the geopolitical "truths" about oil: that US presence in the Gulf and our relationship with Saudi Arabia is necessary to stabilize an otherwise volatile market; that US oil independence is necessary to prevent foreign powers from controlling and limiting global supply; that only displays of force and threat of military action keep price inflation in check. As these axioms are repeated across policy and scholarly debates, sheer repetition is taken as evidence of fact. Vitalis explicates what work these false beliefs about oil and geopolitics do today in US policy and scholarship. We can either continue to remain fixed on the state's wholly unnecessary defense of access, or we can extricate ourselves from it and concentrate instead on oilcraft's all too real effects"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Opening -- Raw materialism -- 1973, a time to confuse -- No deal -- Breaking the spell

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Myths of scarcity and security that haunt U.S. energy policy

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