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Oil, the State, and War: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates

byEmma Ashford

In a world where oil-rich states are more likely to start war than their oil-dependent counterparts, it’s surprising how little attention is still paid to these so-called petrostates. Drawing on archival evidence, political analysis, and reconstructed events, the narrative gives Oil, the State, and War a concrete sense of time, place, and consequence. Across the book, the foreign policies of petrostates becomes a way to examine power, adaptation, responsibility, and change within business & economics and political science. Oil, the State, and War emphasizes the specific circumstances that made this story possible and the consequences that followed.

Publisher

Georgetown University Press

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781647122379