عنوان

Energy and international war

9789812791580 (hbk.)

9812791582 (hbk.)

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انگلیسی

Energy and international war

: from Babylon to Baghdad and beyond

/ Clifford E. Singer.

New Jersey

: World Scientific

, 2008.

xviii, 434 p. :

ill., tables, maps ;

24 cm

World Scientific series on energy and resource economics,

v. 6

1793-4184 ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-419) and index.

pt. 1. From Hammurabi to Napoleon - Just a commodity - Slaves, gold, and silver - Sources of conflict until the concert of Europe - pt. 2. Coal and non-energy minerals - Steamer coal in the colonial era - Franco-Prussian War sets the stage - Coal and iron in the Great War - Coal in Asia before WWII - Coal, steel, customs, and the EU - Conflict over other solid mineral resources - An end to cross-border warfare over solid minerals? - pt. 3. Oil - Oil and commerce - Oil from WWI to WWII - Oil and World War II - Before the Iran-Iraq War - Iran and Iraq - Gulf War I - Sanctions and inspections - Iraq after 9/11/01 - Oil and war - pt. 4. Uranium, natural gas, and renewables - France and uranium - French neocolonialism in Africa - Natural gas resources and transport - Liquefied natural gas and security developments - Hydropower - Other renewable resources - It's about oil - pt. 5. The future - Troubled products - Uncoordinated consumers - Spoilers - Transition to sustainability.

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Power resources - Political aspects.

Security, International - Economic aspects.

Strategic materials - Political aspects.

Natural resources - Political aspects.

Energy industries - Political aspects.

World politics - 20th century.

World politics - 21st century.

Middle East - History, Military - 20th century.

Middle East - History, Military - 21st century.

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