This book provides a rare insight into the real motivations behind US intervention in the Arab world, and the relationship between the US and the Arab states. Zalloum provides a historical account of the roots of today’s involvement, analysing US intervention in the Arab World since the 19th century. Zalloum explains America’s changing role in OPEC. He examines the fate of Iraq’s oil and the involvement of US contractors. He also analyses the role of oil in America’s relationship with Israel, providing an important insight into how this dynamic is viewed in the Arab world.