Bibliography
Books
Edward W. Chester, United States Oil Policy and Diplomacy (Greenwood Press: London, 1983)
Charles F. Doran, Myth, Oil, and Politics (The Free Press: New York, 1977)
Edward R. Fried & Philip H. Trezise, Oil Security: Retrospect and Prospect (The Brookings Institution: Washington D.C., 1993)
James E. Harf and B. Thomas Trout, The Politics of Global Resources (Duke University Press: Durham, 1986)
Robert B. Krueger, The United States and International Oil (Praeger Publishers: New York, 1975)
Peter R. Odell, Oil and World Power: A Geographical Interpretation (Taplinger Publishing Company: New York, 1971)
John T. Rourke (Ed.), Taking Sides (Dushkin/McGraw: Connecticut, 2000)
Joseph S. Szyliowicz & Bard E. O'Neill (Ed.), The Energy Crisis and U.S. Foreign Policy (Praeger Publishers: New York, 1975)
Web Pages
OPEC - A good starting point for statistical information and for an insight into OPEC's perspective.
Energy Information Administration - An outstanding source of statistical data concerning all aspects of oil.
Britanica - An excellent source of general, encyclopedic information
Speech
Robert Ebel, Director of the Energy and National Security Project (for the World Affairs Council of Maine)
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