U.S. Cold War Focus on Stability in ... “A stable order in the Middle East could resist Soviet pressure and maintain a free flow of oil. And politicians tied to the West were best positioned ...

The hijacking crisis of September 1970 occurred against the backdrop of a decades-long Cold War between ... in the Middle East and increase the threat to Israel and the pro-U.S., oil-producing ...

That power vacuum was filled by the Cold War rivals ... interest in the territorial wrangling of the Middle East lay a shared overriding motive: oil. The Persian Gulf, the Arabian Peninsula ...