Oil in the Middle East
By: John King
Series: The Middle East; Middle East
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9781844432073
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade; Juvenile literature; Foreign economic relations; History; Foreign relations; Economic conditions; Diplomatic relations; Economic history; International economic relations; Political aspects
Description: The Middle East supplies much of the world's oil. Discusses key questions such as: How did oil affect the development of the Middle East's countries? How have oil incomes benefited the region's people? Has oil been the cause of conflict in the Middle East? Suggested level: secondary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The burning oil wells of Kuwait; title: Why is Middle East oil so important?; title: The Middle East before oil; title: The first Middle East oil discoveries; title: The spread of the oil industry; title: Oil in the Gulf States; title: Arabian explorations; title: Oil in World War II; title: The USA and Saudi Arabia; title: Post-war boom and disruption; title: OPEC; title: The oil shock of 1973; title: Oil and political change; title: Oil and society; title: Saddam Hussein and Iraq; title: Iraq and oil today; title: Islamic Iran; title: Iran in the 21st century; title: The Gulf and oil today; title: Saudi Arabia in the 21st century; title: The Middle East and the thirst for oil; title: When the oil runs out.