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No War for Oil
Ivan Eland
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Description for No War for Oil
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Debunking numerous myths that have emerged about the world’s resources of oil, this book argues that the use of U.S. military power to secure oil is not only needless and costly—in both lives and money—but also counterproductive to U.S. security. Intended to make government, the media, and citizens think more rationally about oil and the use of military power to secure it, this account suggests that the free market is still the best vehicle to deliver the product most efficiently from producer to consumer and that a withdrawal of U.S. forces from the Persian Gulf would be beneficial in the ... Read more
Debunking numerous myths that have emerged about the world’s resources of oil, this book argues that the use of U.S. military power to secure oil is not only needless and costly—in both lives and money—but also counterproductive to U.S. security. Intended to make government, the media, and citizens think more rationally about oil and the use of military power to secure it, this account suggests that the free market is still the best vehicle to deliver the product most efficiently from producer to consumer and that a withdrawal of U.S. forces from the Persian Gulf would be beneficial in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Independent Institute,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oakland, United States
ISBN
9781598130461
SKU
V9781598130461
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About Ivan Eland
Ivan Eland is a senior fellow and director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute, a former director of defense policy studies at the Cato Institute, and a former principal defense analyst with the Congressional Budget Office. He is the author of The Empire Has No Clothes, Partitioning for Peace, and Recarving Rushmore. His work has ... Read more
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