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Oil Wars Myth: Petroleum and the Causes of International Conflict

Oil Wars Myth: Petroleum and the Causes of International Conflict

Meierding, Emily L.

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Business GeneralTechnology & EngineeringGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1501748289
ISBN13: 9781501748288
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: May 15 2020
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.70 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

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 petroleum resources. Emily Meierding argues that the costs of foreign invasion, territorial occupation, international retaliation, and damage to oil company relations deter even the most powerful countries from initiating classic oil wars. Examining a century of interstate violence, she demonstrates that, at most, countries have engaged in mild sparring to advance their petroleum ambitions.

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