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Apr 28, 2024
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HIST 333 - Oil, the Persian Gulf, and World Power
Examines the international politics of oil from a historical perspective, emphasizing the importance of the Persian Gulf. Topics include: the roots and guiding principles behind oil policy; oil in the two world wars; postwar changes in global oil production, culminating in the oil crisis of the 1970s; the pattern and end of the British dominance in the Gulf; the subsequent expansion of U.S. commitments in the region since the 1970s; the role of local nation-states, in particular Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia; oil today and prospects for the future.
Prerequisites: SOPH OR JR OR SR
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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