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How the quest for secure and stable supplies of industrial materials has been an important underlying theme of international relations and American diplomacy.

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... Eckes has explored how natural resource issues have shaped U.S. foreign relations since Wilson's presidency. Eckes fills a gap in the understanding of the current non-renewable-resource crisis by providing a historical perspective that illuminates the political roots of the present conundrum. * Library Journal *

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. World War I and the Global Scramble for Resources
2. Dependent America and the Quest for Mineral Self-Sufficiency
3. Minerals and the Origins of World War II
4. Resources for Victory
5. “Have-Not” America and the Debate over Postwar Minerals Policy
6. Minerals and the Cold War
7. The Paley Report: A Mid-Century Minerals Survey
8. From Scarcity to Plenty—President Eisenhower and Cold War Minerals Policy, 1953–1963
9. The Scramble for Resources Renewed
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Average Annual U.S. Producer Price
Appendix 2. Net U.S. Imports of Selected Metals and Minerals as a Percentage of Apparent Consumption
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/1979
      ISBN13: 9780292785113, 978-0292785113
      ISBN10: 0292785119
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How the quest for secure and stable supplies of industrial materials has been an important underlying theme of international relations and American diplomacy.

      Trade Review
      ... Eckes has explored how natural resource issues have shaped U.S. foreign relations since Wilson's presidency. Eckes fills a gap in the understanding of the current non-renewable-resource crisis by providing a historical perspective that illuminates the political roots of the present conundrum. * Library Journal *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction
      1. World War I and the Global Scramble for Resources
      2. Dependent America and the Quest for Mineral Self-Sufficiency
      3. Minerals and the Origins of World War II
      4. Resources for Victory
      5. “Have-Not” America and the Debate over Postwar Minerals Policy
      6. Minerals and the Cold War
      7. The Paley Report: A Mid-Century Minerals Survey
      8. From Scarcity to Plenty—President Eisenhower and Cold War Minerals Policy, 1953–1963
      9. The Scramble for Resources Renewed
      Epilogue
      Appendix 1. Average Annual U.S. Producer Price
      Appendix 2. Net U.S. Imports of Selected Metals and Minerals as a Percentage of Apparent Consumption
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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