The Petroleum Triangle

by Steve A. Yetiv

In The Petroleum Triangle, Steve A. Yetiv tells the interconnected story of oil, globalization, and terrorism. Yetiv asks how Al-Qaeda, a small band of terrorists, became such a real and perceived threat to American and global security, a threat viewed as profound enough to motivate the strongest power in world history to undertake extraordinary actions, including two very costly wars.

Yetiv argues that Middle East oil and globalization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801450020
• ISBN13: 9780801450020
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher