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The Road to OPEC: United States Relations with Venezuela, 1919-1976

Stephen G. Rabe
Reviewed by Gaddis Smith
Fall 1982
The Road to OPEC: United States Relations with Venezuela, 1919-1976
Stephen G. Rabe
University of Texas Press
1982
262 pp.
$25.00
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The author reviews 60 years of U.S.-Venezuela relations in the context of the former's overall Latin American policies. Included are assessments of the impact of the United States upon Venezuela's development and upon its attainment of stable government and very high per capita income.

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