Oil, the Persian Gulf States, and the United States - by Xuan Han Vvo & Vo Xuan Han & Xuan Han Vo (Hardcover)

About the Book

Vo examines the key role of oil in economic relations between the United States and the nations of the Persian Gulf, providing a useful historical perspective. The work focuses on the evolution and significance of investment and trade relations between the U.S. and the Gulf Cooperation Council states (G.C.C.) since the 1930's, when American commercial interests in the Arabian peninsula began, through recent decades and the 1991 Gulf war. This is the most comprehensive study to date of U.S.-G.C.C. economic relations and is the first study to pull together the elements of both investment and trade relations in a systematic analysis.

Book Synopsis

Vo examines the key role of oil in economic relations between the United States and the nations of the Persian Gulf, providing a useful historical perspective. The work focuses on the evolution and significance of investment and trade relations between the U.S. and the Gulf Cooperation Council states (G.C.C.) since the 1930's, when American commercial interests in the Arabian peninsula began, through recent decades and the 1991 Gulf war. This is the most comprehensive study to date of U.S.-G.C.C. economic relations and is the first study to pull together the elements of both investment and trade relations in a systematic analysis.

About the Author

VO XUAN HAN is Associate Professor of Economics at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina. Previously, he taught and supervised at the Bureau of Economic Research, University of Hue, Viet-Nam. His writings have included topics in foreign trade and investment, international economic relations, and developing economies and the role of transnational enterprises in these economies.