Description: Oil, Illiberalism, and War by Andrew T. Price-Smith An argument that Americas addiction to crude oil has driven a foreign policy of intervention and exploitation hidden behind a facade of liberal internationalism.An argument that Americas addiction to crude oil has driven a foreign policy of intervention and exploitation hidden behind a facade of liberal internationalism.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 been (at the very least) counterproductive or (at worst) completely antithetical to national interests.Liberal internationalism casts the United States as a benign hegemon, guaranteeing security to its allies during the Cold War and helping to establish collaborative international institutions. Price-Smith argues for a reformulation of liberal internationalism (which he terms shadow liberalism) that takes into account the dark side of American foreign policy. Price-Smith contends that the "free market" in international oil is largely a myth, rendered problematic by energy statism and the rise of national oil companies. He illustrates the destabilizing effect of oil in the Persian Gulf, and describes the United States grand energy strategy, particularly in the Persian Gulf, as illiberal at its core, focused on the projection of power and on periodic bouts of violence. Washingtons perennial oscillation between liberal phases of institution building and provision of public goods and illiberal bellicosity, Price-Smith argues, represents the shadow liberalism that is at the core of US foreign policy. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Andrew Price-Smith was a leading scholar of global health security and the David Packard Smith Professor of International Relations at Colorado College, as well as the author of The Health of Nations and Contagion and Chaos, both published by the MIT Press. 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 Associations Global Health Security Award has been renamed the Andrew Price-Smith Book Award. Table of Contents Acknowledgments viiIntroduction ix1 The History of Oil and International Affairs 12 The Illiberal Political Economy of Oil 253 Oil, American Diplomacy, and Weak Institutions 494 Oil and International Security 755 Oil and US Grand Strategy 121Conclusion 155Notes 169Index 201 Details ISBN0262547694 Author Andrew T. Price-Smith Pages 248 Audience Age 18 Publisher MIT Press Ltd Year 2023 ISBN-13 9780262547697 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-04-04 Imprint MIT Press Subtitle An Analysis of Energy and US Foreign Policy Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-04-04 NZ Release Date 2023-04-04 US Release Date 2023-04-04 UK Release Date 2023-04-04 DEWEY 333.8232 Audience Professional & Vocational ISBN-10 0262547694 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159404108;
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