Myths of the Oil Boom: American National Security in a Global Energy Market

by Steve A. Yetiv

Book Overview

The last decade has seen a far-reaching revolution in the oil industry, both in the US and globally. By some measures, America is on pace to become the world's biggest oil producer, an outcome that was inconceivable just a few years ago. But what does this shift really mean for American and global security?

In Myths of the Oil Boom, Steve A. Yetiv, an award-winning expert on the geopolitics of oil, takes stock of our new era of heightened petroleum...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190212691
• ISBN13: 9780190212698
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.3"