Reasons of State: Oil Politics and the Capacities of American Government (Cornell Studies in Political Economy) [Hardcover]

G. John Ikenberry (Author)

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Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy | Publication Date: October 1988

In the last quarter of the twentieth century the United States is both more involved in the global political economy and less able to shape its course. In this lucid and theoretically sophiticated book, Ikenberry focuses on the oil price shocks of 1973-74 and 1979, which placed extraordinary new burdens on governments worldwide and partiuclarly on that of the United States.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 232 pages
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr (October 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801421551
ISBN-13: 978-0801421556
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,290,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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