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Author Meierding, Emily, author.

Title The oil wars myth : petroleum and the causes of international conflict / Emily Meierding.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
©2020

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Description 1 online resource : maps
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents From Value to Violence : Connecting Oil and War -- Explaining the Oil Wars Myth : Mad Max and El Dorado -- Why Classic Oil Wars Don't Pay -- Searching for Classic Oil Wars -- Red Herrings : The Chaco and Iran-Iraq Wars -- Oil Spats : The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Dispute -- Oil Campaigns : World War II -- Oil Gambit : Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait
Summary "The Oil Wars Myth challenges the popular belief that countries fight wars for oil resources by identifying overlooked obstacles to these conflicts and reexamining the presumed petroleum motives for many of the twentieth century's major international wars"-- Provided by publisher
Note Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 14, 2020).
Subject 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.
Political Science -- International Relations.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Petroleum.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects
Politics and war
War -- Causes
World politics
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Indexed Term oil, natural resources, geo-political conflict, energy, US Foreign Policy.
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Meierding, Emily. Oil wars myth. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501748288 (DLC) 2019035806
ISBN 9781501748943 (electronic book)
1501748947 (electronic book)
9781501748950 (electronic book)
1501748955 (electronic book)
9781501748288 (hardcover)
Standard No. AU@ 000066041019
AU@ 000070135191

 
    
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