Introduction 1. Foreign Energy Resources in the Post-Cold War Decade: The Democracy Conundrum, Regional Diversification, and an Ad Hoc Policy on Energy Resources 2. The Unilateral Oilman: Energy Procurement in George W. Bush's Foreign Policy(January-September 2001) 3. Anti-Terrorism Melds with Energy Procurement: How the 11 September Attacks Affected the Quest for Foreign Oil 4. 'A big Shot' and 'A Lot of Money': Operation Iraqi Freedom and US Foreign Energy Policy Conclusion: Overstretch, the Decline of Energy Security and the Fall of the American Empire