Oil and Water. A Look at the Middle East.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall Inc., (1981).
4to. (4), 44 pp. Contemporary full cloth with silver title stamped to spine. With the original dust jacket.
€ 250.00
Only edition. Inscribed copy signed by the author: "To Larry and Marion / With best wishes, Glenn W. Swanson".
Scholarly account of the age-old struggle of the Middle East to find a balance between the abundance of oil and the scarcity of water. "In this overview of an important geographical area, the author shows the various ways in which Middle Eastern societies have coped with their water shortage, as well as the methods they use to develop their vast oil reserves and to move the oil from under the ground to overseas destinations [...]".
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OCLC 859002451.