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Oil Wars
. Ed(S): Kaldor, Mary; Karl, Terry Lynn; Said, Yahia
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Description for Oil Wars
paperback. Explains the relationship between oil and war in six different regions worldwide. Editor(s): Kaldor, Mary; Karl, Terry Lynn; Said, Yahia. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUZ; 1FMN; 1HFDN; 1HFMA; 1KLSC; JPS; JWL; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Are oil-rich countries prone to war? And, if so, why? There is a widely held belief that contemporary wars are motivated by the desire of great powers like the United States or Russia to control precious oil resources and to ensure energy security.
This book argues that the main reason why oil-rich countries are prone to war is because of the character of their society and economy. Sectarian groups compete for access to oil resources and finance their military adventures through smuggling oil, kidnapping oil executives, or blowing up pipelines. Outside intervention only makes things worse. The ... Read more
Are oil-rich countries prone to war? And, if so, why? There is a widely held belief that contemporary wars are motivated by the desire of great powers like the United States or Russia to control precious oil resources and to ensure energy security.
This book argues that the main reason why oil-rich countries are prone to war is because of the character of their society and economy. Sectarian groups compete for access to oil resources and finance their military adventures through smuggling oil, kidnapping oil executives, or blowing up pipelines. Outside intervention only makes things worse. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745324784
SKU
V9780745324784
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99-50
About . Ed(S): Kaldor, Mary; Karl, Terry Lynn; Said, Yahia
Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance at the London School of Economics and Political Science and co-editor of Oil Wars (Pluto, 2007) and New and Old Wars (Polity, 2012). Terry Lynn Karl is a professor of political science at Stanford University, where she has also been named the Gildred Professor of Latin American Studies and ... Read more
Reviews for Oil Wars
'[Oil Wars] offers the reader most authoritative, compelling and comprehensive coverage of the oil wars and its impact'
Strategic Studies Journal
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