Energy Crises

An expert on U.S. energy policy, Jay Hakes has a long history of working on energy issues, including as Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration during the Clinton administration and as Director for Research and Policy for President Obama's BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Commission. He also served for thirteen years as the Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. Hakes is the author of A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment.

"Through its fine-grained analysis, Energy Crises offers a corrective to standard narratives and received wisdom concerning US presidential and federal decision-making during these energy crises. Hakes puts in proper perspective and context many of the cliches surrounding the energy crises, complicating simple dichotomies about the Republican and Democrat leaders."--H-Net Reviews "If Hakes's book holds any lessons for understanding the current energy crisis, it is this: policies frequently have unintended effects, and the full effect of state action is often not felt until years -- and sometimes decades -- into the future."--Presidential Studies Quarterly "Energy Crises is an important contribution to the history of the 1970s and to the study of energy policy. It is deeply researched, well informed, and carefully argued."--David S. Painter author of Oil and the American Century: The Political Economy of U.S. Foreign Oil Policy, 1941-1954 "I thought I had a pretty basic understanding of the energy crises of the seventies until I read Energy Crises and realized there's so much more. Highly recommended for anyone that wants to better understand what happened in the seventies and how those moments shaped American energy policy and American politics over the next fifty years. A phenomenal book." --Ty Benefiel, co-host The Climate Pod "In Energy Crises, author Jay Hakes's unparalleled research and contextualization of this period allow the reader to become the proverbial fly on the wall, witnessing the major decisions on energy made in the Oval Office, at Camp David, and in the palaces of the Persian Gulf nations. Hakes is especially adept at explaining both the domestic and the foreign dimensions of energy developments and their reciprocal influences."--Tyler Priest author of The Offshore Imperative: Shell Oil's Search for Petroleum in Postwar America "Rich and deeply researched book . . . There are many lessons to be learned here . . . I highly recommend it." Bill Loveless, director of Energy Journalism Initiative, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, and co-host of the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast.