Much attention has been focused on U.S. dependency on imports for supplies of strategic minerals and materials. There is alarm about the extent of that dependency and about the possibility that U.S. economic, political, and strategic decisions might be unduly influenced by arbitrary actions of foreign suppliers. In addition, there is concern that t
The authors of this book examine controversies such as U.S. dependency on imports for supplies of strategic minerals and materials and that the Soviet Union may be pursuing a so-called "resources war" with the West and stress the need to consider basic resources, foreign policy, industry, and technical issues in an interrelated fashion.
