U.S. Threats of Intervention Against Arab Oil: 1973-1979

Abstract: 

This paper addresses U.S. policy in the Middle East and threats of military incursion into the Arab oil fields, during the terms of U.S. Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter from 1973 to 1979. It sheds light on the purpose of the threats, their timing, the discussions surrounding them in U.S. political circles, and the responses of the Arab countries.

Consolidated Author: 
Marwan R. Buheiry

About the Author(s)

Marwan R. BUHEIRY (1934-1986) taught at the American University of Beirut and was a research fellow at the IPS, Beirut. He was the founder and first director of the Center of Lebanese Studies at Oxford in the U.K.

PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher(s):
Institute for Palestine Studies
Edition:
1st
Publication Date:
1980
Language: English
Number of Pages:
71