OPEC: The Failing Giant

by Mohammed E. Ahrari

A glut of oil, dropping prices, the threat of insolvency, a divided membership -- these developments in the early weeks of 1985 underline the cogency of Mohammed Ahrari's historical study of the OPEC oil cartel and his argument that economic forces, not politics, determine OPEC's action in the world arena. The impetus for the formation of OPEC in 1960 was the desire of the oil-producing states for greater income from their most valuable resource...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813115523
• ISBN13: 9780813115528
• Release Date: February 1986
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher