Oil Money: Middle East Petrodollars and the Transformation of US Empire, 1967-1988 by David M. Wight

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Oil Money: Middle East Petrodollars and the Transformation of US Empire, 1967-1988

David M. Wight

360 pages 2021

2 editions

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In the 1970s, the United States and allied monarchies, including the House of Pahlavi in Iran and the House of Saud in Saudi Arabia, utilized petrodollars to undertake myriad joint initiatives for mutual economic and geopolitical benefit. These pe...

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