VOL. XXXV

NO. 26

30-MARCH-1992

Publications Received

OPEC: Twenty-Five Years of Prices and Politics, by Ian Skeet.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Hardcover (1988). Paperback (1991).

This book reviews the history of OPEC and the intricate economic, politicaland diplomatic negotiations that surrounded its activities since itsestablishment in 1960 and until 1987. It covers the difficult years ofestablishment and formation in the sixties, and the critical years of 1970-1973when OPEC asserted...