Putting the state in its place: US foreign policy and differential capital accumulation in middle east energy conflicts

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 608-661

  Bichler, Shimshott ^a,b   Nitzan, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Marianopolis College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arms exports; Capital accumulation; Middle East conflicts; Multinational corporations; Oil; US foreign policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030491361     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692299608434375     Document Type: Article

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