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"""Addicted to Oil provides a sweeping account of the forces, policies, and personalities that drive America's unending pursuit of foreign petroleum. Ian Rutledge has done a superb job of recounting the evolution of U.S. oil dominance in the Persian Gulf and the events leading up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. Highly recommended for those seeking a keener understanding of the geopolitical underpinnings of American foreign policy."" - Michael Klare, Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, and the author of 'Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum'. 'This is an interesting study of the crucial role which the motorisation of the US economy has played in shaping America's approach to energy and foreign policy issues.'- Asian Affairs"

Addicted to Oil provides a sweeping account of the forces, policies, and personalities that drive America's unending pursuit of foreign petroleum. Ian Rutledge has done a superb job of recounting the evolution of U.S. oil dominance in the Persian Gulf and the events leading up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. Highly recommended for those seeking a keener understanding of the geopolitical underpinnings of American foreign policy. - Michael Klare, Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, and the author of 'Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum'. 'This is an interesting study of the crucial role which the motorisation of the US economy has played in shaping America's approach to energy and foreign policy issues.'- Asian Affairs

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Ian Rutledge is an energy economist and an energy business consultant. He has also lectured at Sheffield University and has published widely on world oil and gas markets, petroleum taxation and oil and gas company corporate strategy.

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