{"product_id":"9781429900577","title":"Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of Resource Wars, a landmark assessment of the critical role of petroleum in America's actions abroad\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In his pathbreaking \u003ci\u003eResource Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, world security expert Michael T. 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. \u003cbr\u003e Since September 11th 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. \u003cbr\u003e With 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128034410736,"sku":"9781429900577","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429900577_p0.jpg?v=1763751012","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429900577","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}