A Secret Alliance: Cold War Deal Saved Big Oil. / Steve Everly.
by Everly, Steve; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 10Global Issues. Publisher: Knight-Ridder, 2001ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 | Antitrust law | Cold War | National security | Petroleum industry and tradeDDC classification: 050 Summary: This article explores the reasons why then-President Harry Truman decided, in 1953, not to prosecute oil companies for manipulating oil prices. "Antitrust experts say that case was the last, best chance for the country's antitrust laws to curb the power of a collection of America's biggest oil companies." (KANSAS CITY STAR)
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Originally Published: A Secret Alliance: Cold War Deal Saved Big Oil, June 24, 2001; pp. A1+.
This article explores the reasons why then-President Harry Truman decided, in 1953, not to prosecute oil companies for manipulating oil prices. "Antitrust experts say that case was the last, best chance for the country's antitrust laws to curb the power of a collection of America's biggest oil companies." (KANSAS CITY STAR)
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