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Book SynopsisClear and accessible, this cutting-edge contemporary policy analysis will engage scholars of US foreign policy and international relations as well as policymakers grappling with the importance of energy security in today's world.
Trade ReviewGlobal Energy Security and American Hegemony should definitely be on your reading list. -- Aaron W. Hughey Daily News 2010 This well-researched book is impressive in its scholarship and insightful analysis of US pursuit of hegemony in oil-rich regions... Highly recommended. Choice 2011
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
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Introduction: Global Oil Supplies and US Intervention
1. US Hegemony and Global Energy Security
2. Counterinsurgency and the Stabilization of Order
3. The Persian Gulf and Beyond
4. The Caspian Basin: US Oil Hegemony in the Former Soviet Union
5. West Africa: Stabilizing the Gulf of Guinea
6. Latin America: Capital, Crude, and Counterinsurgency in America's "Backyard"
Conclusion: The Futures of American Hegemony?
Notes
Index
