{"product_id":"blood-and-oil-the-dangers-and-consequences-of-americas-growing-dependency-on-imported-petroleum-paperback","title":"Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael T. Klare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his pathbreaking \u003ci\u003eResource Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, world security expert Michael Klare alerted us to the role of resources in conflicts in the post-cold-war world. Now, in \u003ci\u003eBlood and Oil\u003c\/i\u003e, he concentrates on a single precious commodity, petroleum, while issuing a warning to the United States--its most powerful, and most dependent, global consumer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince September 11 and the commencement of the war on terror, the world's attention has been focused on the relationship between U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and the oceans of crude oil that lie beneath the region's soil. Klare traces oil's impact on international affairs since World War II, revealing its influence on the Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, and Carter doctrines. He shows how America's own wells are drying up as our demand increases; by 2010 the United States will need to import 60 percent of its oil. And since most of this supply will have to come from chronically unstable, often violently anti-American zones--the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Sea, Latin America, and Africa--our dependency is bound to lead to recurrent military involvement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith clarity and urgency, \u003ci\u003eBlood and Oil\u003c\/i\u003e delineates the United States' predicament and cautions that it is time to change our energy policies, before we spend the next decades paying for oil with blood.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael T. Klare\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fourteen books, including \u003ci\u003eResource Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlood and Oil, Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Race for What's Left\u003c\/i\u003e. A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the defense analyst for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and the director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.24 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693931860031,"sku":"9780805079388","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b53cd7d508b8c72f88dc5ccaf2c1c9df.webp?v=1765000435","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/blood-and-oil-the-dangers-and-consequences-of-americas-growing-dependency-on-imported-petroleum-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}