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Reasons of State: Oil Politics and the Capacities of American Government (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)
Reasons of State Oil Politics and the Capacities of American Government - Cornell Studies in Political Economy Author:G. John Ikenberry In the last quarter of the twentieth century the United States is both more involved in the global political economy and less able to shape its course. In this lucid and theoretically sophiticated book, Ikenberry focuses on the oil price shocks of 1973-74 and 1979, which placed extraordinary new burdens on governments worldwide and partiuclarly ... more »on that of the United States.« less