The 70-Year Paper Trail on America’s Oil Anxiety
In September 1956, an AP analyst asked whether the U.S. could survive a Middle East oil crisis. Nearly 70 years later, the question hasn’t changed much — only the numbers have.
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In September 1956, an AP analyst asked whether the U.S. could survive a Middle East oil crisis. Nearly 70 years later, the question hasn’t changed much — only the numbers have.
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