The oil wars myth : petroleum and the causes of international conflict / Emily Meierding.
By: Meierding, Emily [author.].
Publisher: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, ©2020Description: 235 p.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501748288.Subject(s): Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century | World politics -- 20th century | War -- Causes | Politics and warGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | HD9560.6 .M44 2020 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000016540 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Iran-Iraq and Chaco Wars -- Oil Spats : The Falkland Islands Dispute -- Oil Campaigns : World War II -- Oil Gambit : Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait
"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"--