Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The History of Oil and International Affairs -- 2 The Illiberal Political Economy of Oil -- 3 Oil, American Diplomacy, and Weak Institutions -- 4 Oil and International Security -- 5 Oil and US Grand Strategy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Author and historian Bruce A. Beaubouef examines, for the first time, the interactions that have shaped the development of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). In a time of continued vulnerability, this definitive work will be of interest to those concerned with the history, economy, and...