Monsters to destroy : understanding the war on terror / Navin A. Bapat.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (xi, 215 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190061494 (ebook) :Subject(s): Terrorism -- Economic aspects -- United States | Terrorism -- Political aspects -- United States | War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Economic aspects | United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190061456DDC classification: 363.3250973 LOC classification: HV6432 | .B364 2020Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This study argues that the war on terror can be explained as an effort to cement the U.S. dollar as the world's foremost reserve currency by expanding American control over the global energy markets. Since the 1970s, the states of OPEC agreed to denominate their oil sales in U.S. dollars in exchange for American military protection. The 9/11 attacks gave the U.S. cover to eliminate current challengers to this system while simultaneously striking new security agreements with host states throughout the Middle East, Africa, and central Asia that are critical to the extraction, sale, and transportation of energy to global markets. However, the U.S. security guarantee soon created a moral hazard problem. Since the host states had American protection, they were free to engage in corrupt behaviours - while labeling their political opponents as terrorists.
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Previously issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This study argues that the war on terror can be explained as an effort to cement the U.S. dollar as the world's foremost reserve currency by expanding American control over the global energy markets. Since the 1970s, the states of OPEC agreed to denominate their oil sales in U.S. dollars in exchange for American military protection. The 9/11 attacks gave the U.S. cover to eliminate current challengers to this system while simultaneously striking new security agreements with host states throughout the Middle East, Africa, and central Asia that are critical to the extraction, sale, and transportation of energy to global markets. However, the U.S. security guarantee soon created a moral hazard problem. Since the host states had American protection, they were free to engage in corrupt behaviours - while labeling their political opponents as terrorists.
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