The oil wars myth : petroleum and the causes of international conflict /

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Do countries fight wars for oil? Given the resource's exceptional military and economic importance, most people assume that states will do anything to obtain it. Challenging this conventional wisdom, 'The Oil Wars Myth' reveals that countries do not launch major conflicts to acquire p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meierding, Emily (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Colección:Cornell scholarship online.
Temas:
1900-1999
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
World politics > 20th century.
War > Causes.
Politics and war.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect politique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Politique mondiale > 20e siècle.
Guerre > Causes.
Politique et guerre.
Technology & Engineering / Petroleum.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects.
World politics.
Erdöl
Konflikt
Krieg
Rechtfertigung
Theorie
Ressourcen
Fallstudie
Kriegsursache
Zugang
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Blood and Oil
  • 1. From Value to Violence: Connecting Oil and War
  • 2. Explaining the Oil Wars Myth: Mad Max and El Dorado
  • 3. Why Classic Oil Wars Do Not Pay
  • 4. Searching for Classic Oil Wars
  • 5. Red Herrings: The Chaco and Iran-Iraq Wars
  • 6. Oil Spats: The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Dispute
  • 7. Oil Campaigns: World War II
  • 8. Oil Gambit: Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait
  • Conclusion: Petro-Myths and Petro-Realities
  • Notes
  • Index

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