The Oil Kings: How the US, Iran and Saudi-Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East

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Andrew Scott Cooper

The Oil Kings

How the US, Iran and Saudi-Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East

Andrew Scott Cooper

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English

One World
18 April 2012

History; Middle Eastern history; International relations; International economics

"Oil Kings offers the first inside look at how an oil crisis was manipulated by Alan Greenspan, Donald Rumsfeld, and President Ford (hoping to secure his re-election), helping to precipitate the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979. Andrew Scott Cooper reveals the fatal struggle between the ""oil kings"", both Middle-Eastern and American, as they jockeyed for power, playing games that led directly to the rise of Iran's radical anti-American theocracy, which still exists today. An intrepid investigative reporter, Andrew Scott Cooper is the first to access newly declassified papers, and to interview key people who formulated US foreign poilicy in that period. Carefully connecting up the dots, he brilliantly reconstructs the history of that vexed decade when the modern world was changed forever."

By: Andrew Scott Cooper
Imprint: One World
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 35mm
ISBN: 9781851689385
ISBN 10: 1851689389
Pages: 552
Publication Date: 18 April 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Scott Cooper is a PhD candidate in U.S. foreign policy history with advanced degrees from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and Columbia University in New York. He has worked for nonprofit organizations, among them the United Nations and Human Rights Watch. This is his first book.

Reviews for The Oil Kings: How the US, Iran and Saudi-Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East

"""A revelatory, impressive debut."" * Kirkus Reviews * ""Scintillating diplomatic history… Cooper gives us both a vivid study in sycophancy and backstabbing and a shrewd critique of Kissingerian geo-strategy."" * Publishers Weekly *"