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Author:
Meierding, Emily, author.
Title:
The oil wars myth : petroleum and the causes of international conflict / Emily Meierding.
Publisher:
Cornell University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xii, 235 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Subject:
Petroleum industry and trade--History--History--20th century.
World politics--20th century.
War--Causes.
Politics and war.
Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects.
Politics and war.
War--Causes.
World politics.
1900-1999
History.
Notes:
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 Do Not Pay -- Searching for Classic Oil Wars -- Red Herrings : The Chaco Wars and Iran-Iraq -- 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.
ISBN:
1501748289
9781501748288
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1113408849
LCCN:
2019035806
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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