Ian Rutledge is an economist and historian. He earned his PhD in Economic History from the University of Cambridge and has taught at the Universities of London and Sheffield, and for the Workers’ Educational Association. An Arabist who has studied the language for over two decades, Rutledge has devoted the past fifteen years to researching the economic and political history of the Middle East and North Africa. His published books include:
- “Sea of Troubles”
The European Conquest of the Islamic Mediterranean & the Origins of WWI (2023)
b - “Enemy on the Euphrates”
The Battle for Iraq, 1914–1921 (2014)
b - “Addicted to Oil“
America’s Relentless Drive for Energy Security (2004)
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Curriculum vitae
Recent books
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/review-of-enemy-on-the-euphrates/
Ulrichsen, K. C. (2015), [Book Review: Enemy on the Euphrates: the British occupation of Iraq and the great Arab revolt, by Ian Rutledge], International Affairs (London), 91(1), 199–200. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12215
Rutledge, I. D. (2005). Addicted to oil : America’s relentless drive for energy security. London: I.B. Tauris.
“It has long been acknowledged that in America the car is king. However, America’s car-orientated and car-dependent lifestyle goes beyond the culture of fast cars and freeways. In Addicted to Oil, Ian Rutledge explores the political, economic and social ramifications of the motorisation of the US economy. He argues that America’s dependence on the car has created a lifestyle leading to oil needs which have heavily influenced US foreign policy in the modern era. Rutledge traces the origins of America’s addiction throughout the twentieth century and explains how America’s relations with the Middle East were developed through its quest for energy security. America’s motorisation and its consequent demand for oil at predictable market prices was and continues to be an important influence on US policy towards Iraq – especially given the uncertainties relating to what has so far been the securest source of Middle East oil – Saudi Arabia. Ian Rutledge argues that the war in Iraq was neither a war for ‘freedom’ or ‘democracy’ nor was it a plot to ‘steal Iraq’s oil’, but rather an attempt to establish a pliant and dependable oil protectorate in the Middle East which would underwrite the soaring demand from America’s hyper-motorised consumers. Addicted to Oil is the first book to undertake an in-depth analysis of the motorisation of US society which explicitly links it to America’s foreign policy adventures, past and present. Addicted to Oil is essential reading for an understanding of America’s international political priorities and its fraught relations with the Middle East.”–Bloomsbury publishing.
2005 (284 p.)
Layfield, D. (2006). [Review of Addicted to Oil: America’s Relentless Drive for Energy Security]. Environmental Politics, 15(1), 138–140. doi: 0.1080/09644010500418845
Jaffe, A. M. (2006). [Review of Addicted to Oil: America’s Relentless Drive for Energy Security]. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 38(4), 615–617. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743806402488
Rutledge, I., & Luft, G. (2006, April 1). Addicted to oil: America’s relentless drive for energy security. Middle East Quarterly, XIII(2), 73–74
Rhodes, F. (2005). [Review of ADDICTED TO OIL: America’s Relentless Drive for Energy Security]. The Middle East (London, England : 1985), (356), 64.
Ulrichsen, K. C. (2015). [Review of Enemy on the Euphrates: the British occupation of Iraq and the great Arab revolt, by I. Rutledge]. International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-), 91(1), 199–200. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24538993
Stahl, D. (2016). THE BRITISH INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF OTTOMAN IRAQ [Review of ENEMY ON THE EUPHRATES: THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF IRAQ AND THE GREAT ARAB REVOLT, 1914-1921; DESERT HELL: THE BRITISH INVASION OF MESOPOTAMIA, by I. Rutledge & C. Townshend]. The Arab Studies Journal, 24(2), 206–211. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44742891
Mackie, A. (2015). Ian Rutledge. Enemy on the Euphrates: The British Occupation of Iraq and the Great Arab Revolt 1914-1921. Asian Affairs, 46(1), pp. 139–141, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2015.998508
Mackie, A. (2015). Ian Rutledge. Enemy on the Euphrates: The British Occupation of Iraq and the Great Arab Revolt 1914-1921. Asian Affairs, 46(1), pp. 139–141, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2015.998508
Rutledge, I. D. (1977), Land reform and the Portuguese revolution. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 5(1), pp. 79–98. 10.1080/03066157708438039
Ian Rutledge, I. D. &, Wright, P. (1998), Profitability and taxation in the UK’s oil and gas industry: analysing the distribution of rewards between company and country, Energy Policy, 26(10), pp. 795–812. doi: 10.1016/S0301-4215(98)00034-2.
Rutledge, I. D. (2003). Profitability and supply price in the US domestic oil industry: implications for the political economy of oil in the twenty‐first century. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 27(1), pp. 1–23. doi: 10.1093/cje/27.1.1
Rutledge, I. D. (2007), New Labour, energy policy and ‘competitive markets,’ Cambridge Journal of Economics, 31(6), pp. 901–925, doi: 10.1093/cje/bem025
Rutledge, I. D. & Wright, P. (1985), Coal worldwide: the international context of the British miners’ strike, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 9(4), pp. 303–326. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a035584
Richard Koerner, R., Rutledge, I. D. &, Wright, P. (), The impact of oil company investment on the world coal industry: Overcapacity and price destabilization 1973–1992, Energy Policy, 23(8), pp. 659-667, doi: 10.1016/0301-4215(95)00064-P
Koerner, R., Rutledge, I., & Wright, P. (1995). The impact of oil company investment on the world coal industry: Overcapacity and price destabilization 1973–1992. Energy Policy, 23(8), 659–667. https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-4215(95)00064-P
Rutledge, I. D. (1972), Peron’s Little Known Land Reform, Bulletin of the Society for Latin American Studies, (15) pp. 20–26, doi: jstor.org/stable/44745787
Rutledge, I. D. (1977). The Indian peasant rebellion in the highlands of northern Argentina, 1872–75. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 4(2), pp. 227–237, doi: 10.1080/03066157708438015
Rutledge, I. (1977). Indian peasant rebellion in the highlands of northern Argentina, 1872-75. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 4(2), 227–237. doi”https://doi.org/10.1080/03066157708438015
RUTLEDGE, I., & WRIGHT, P. (1996). TAXING THE SECOND NORTH SEA OIL BOOM: A FAIR DEAL OR A RAW DEAL? In G. MacKerron & P. Pearson (Eds.), The Uk Energy Experience (pp. 95–108). World Scientific Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1142/9781848161030_0007
Rutledge, I. D. &, Wright, P. (1998). Profitability and taxation in the UK’s oil and gas industry. Energy Policy, 26(10), pp. 795–812, doi: 10.1016/S0301-4215(98)00034-2
Rutledge, I.D. &, Wright, P. (1993), World coal and UK energy policy: A company level perspective. Energy Policy, 21(7), pp. 788–797, doi: 10.1016/0301-4215(93)90149-A
Rutledge, I. D. (1982). Book Review: Industrial Conflict in Modern Britain. Science & Society: A Journal of Marxist Thought and Analysis, 46(1), pp. 119-122. doi: 10.1177/003682378204600116
Rutledge, I. D. (1979). [Book Review: Social Democracy and Industrial Militancy: The Labour Party, the Trade Unions and Incomes Policy, 1945-74], Science & Society, 43(2), pp. 239–241, doi: 10.1177/003682377904300208
https://www.ft.com/content/f6daa7c3-3472-3688-806c-be09929e9da6
Review: THE BRITISH INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF OTTOMAN IRAQ
Reviewed Work(s): ENEMY ON THE EUPHRATES: THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF IRAQ
AND THE GREAT ARAB REVOLT, 1914-1921 by Ian Rutledge: DESERT HELL: THE
BRITISH INVASION OF MESOPOTAMIA by Charles Townshend
Review by: Dale Stahl, D. (2016),
Source: The Arab Studies Journal, Fall 2016, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Fall 2016), pp. 206-211
Published by: Arab Studies Institute
Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/44742891
Rutledge, I. D. (1977), Land reform and the Portuguese revolution, The
Journal of Peasant Studies, 5(1), pp. 79-98, doi: 10.1080/03066157708438039
