Oil, Illiberalism, and War
An Analysis of Energy and US Foreign Policy
$73.40
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
4 April 2023
Summary
The United States is addicted to crude oil. In this book, Andrew Price-Smith argues that this addiction has distorted the conduct of American foreign policy in profound and malign ways, resulting in interventionism, exploitation, and other illiberal behaviors that hide behind a facade of liberal internationalism. The symbiotic relationship between the state and the oil industry has produced deviations from rational foreign energy policy, including interventions in Iraq and elsewhere that have…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262547697 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262547694 |
| Author: | Andrew T. Price-Smith |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 4 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Andrew T. Price-Smith
Andrew Price-Smith was a leading scholar of global health security and the David Packard Smith Professor of International Relations at Colorado College. He is the author of The Health of Nations and Contagion and Chaos. The Health of Nations made a seminal impact on the burgeoning field of global health security. In recognition of his legacy of engaged scholarship, creative thinking, and relentless curiosity, the International Studies Association’s Global Health Security Award has been renamed the Andrew Price-Smith Book Award.
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