[PW] ?petro-imperialism

[John Henderson]

Kevin Phillips is being credited with coining the term 
"petro-imperialism." Although it may be true that he has popularized the 
term and made it mainstream with his use of it in AMERICAN THEOCRACY, a 
google search reveals the term has been around for at least a few years 
before its publication.  Here's a Fred Shapiro-esque question: What is 
the earliest use of the term? Was Kevin Phillips using the term before 
American Theocracy was published? Answer would be helpful, be not 
essential, for some research a politics professor is pursuing.

I don't find the term in JSTOR, Historical NYT or Wall Street Journal, 
and there is no pre-Kevin Phillips use of the term that I can find in 
Lexis-Nexis. The library's copy of American Theocracy is currently 
unavailable, so I can't see what Kevin Phillips says about it himself.

John Henderson
Ithaca College Library
jhenderson at ithaca.edu