Oil Powers: A History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance, by Victor McFarland, New York: Colombia University Press, 2020. 357 pp. ISBN: 9780231197267

نویسندگان

1 Assistant professor of Russian, Caucasus and Central Asian Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

doi
10.22059/wsps.2021.322336.1210
چکیده

In Oil Powers: A History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance, Victor McFarland explores the US-Saudi relationship through an investigation of not only the contemporary US relationship with Saudi Arabia, but also the historical affiliations of the two countries, the nature of the relationship, as well as the role of fossil fuel in the establishment and development of this relationship. The book provides novel and interesting topics about the political economy of energy based on the author’s impressive and informative knowledge and academic skills.

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