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The Oil Wars Myth: Petroleum and the Causes of International Conflict

by Emily Meierding

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

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

256

ISBN

9781501748288