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Ropná politika USA: historie a výzvy

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Title in English The US Oil Policy: History and Challenges
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ČERNOCH Filip JIRUŠEK Martin KOĎOUSKOVÁ Hedvika OSIČKA Jan VLČEK Tomáš

Year of publication 2012
Type Monograph
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Faculty of Social Studies

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Description The book focuses on the role which energy resources, primarily oil, play in the realm of the USA foreign affairs. The text is divided into following parts: in the first chapters the historical development of oil industry in the USA is captured; in the following part the attention is switched to the position which oil has in the realm of country’s foreign policy; the circumstances under which the so called oil weapon is used are than decribed; the succeeding chapter raises the discussion about the challenges which the USA, as the largest world consumer, faces in the global oil market; in the concluding chapters, the marine transportation of energy resources, as well as the dramatic changes in the field of the north-American gas industry associated with the development of unconventional gas resources are discussed.
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