Who Won The Oil Wars

Author : Andy Stern
Publisher : Collins & Brown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121957737

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Who Won the Oil Wars? by Andy Stern Pdf

Since oil displaced coal as the fuel of choice a century ago, it has been the cause of some of the world’s bloodiest conflicts. This book examines the role oil has played in these conflicts in the last hundred years. It looks at the actions governments and multinational companies have taken to secure their oil supplies since the 1920s, often provoking accusations that they promote conflict and support corrupt or violent regimes. Oil was an important factor in both world wars. Conspiracy theorists believe it also sparked the Suez Crisis, the Iran-Iraq War, the Biafra war and conflicts in Angola and Chad in which oil companies such as Elf (Angola) and various companies including ExxonMobil (Chad) are said to have played a murky role. The book starts with a look at Empire building and how at the start of the 20th century Britain, France and Germany sought to carve up the world’s supplies of ‘black gold’. The clamour for oil intensified during World War II – in fact the bombing of Pearl Harbor was allegedly at least in part to prevent Indonesian oil from reaching the US. Successive chapters chart the rise of OPEC and the Suez Crisis in 1956, and the Cold War ‘Proxy Wars’, when the importance of Middle East drew the US and Soviet Union (then perceived as the world’s superpowers) into conflicts between states in the region. The book also assesses the power of major oil companies – not only the huge environmental devastation they have caused but the local conflicts that have arisen. For instance, scandals involving the French oil company Elf indicate that it had funded both sides in the civil wars in Angola and the Congo. In conclusion the book looks at other sources of oil, chiefly in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. What effect will large-scale oil extraction have on these regions?

Author : Matthieu Auzanneau
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781603587433

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Oil, Power, and War by Matthieu Auzanneau Pdf

"The story of oil is one of hubris, fortune, betrayal, and destruction. It is the story of a resource undeniably central to the advancement of what we consider modern culture - one that continues to be ever-present during the darkest exploits of empire the world over"--Provided by publisher

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:917922667

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The Oil War by Anonim Pdf

Author : Emily Meierding
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781501748950

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The Oil Wars Myth by Emily Meierding Pdf

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. The Oil Wars Myth elaborates on these findings by reassessing the presumed oil motives for many of the twentieth century's most prominent international conflicts: World War II, the two American Gulf wars, the Iran–Iraq War, the Falklands/Malvinas War, and the Chaco War. These case studies show that countries have consistently refrained from fighting for oil. Meierding also explains why oil war assumptions are so common, despite the lack of supporting evidence. Since classic oil wars exist at the intersection of need and greed—two popular explanations for resource grabs—they are unusually easy to believe in. The Oil Wars Myth will engage and inform anyone interested in oil, war, and the narratives that connect them.

Author : Stephen C. Pelletière
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313057335

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America's Oil Wars by Stephen C. Pelletière Pdf

Why has the United States become involved in so many wars in the Middle East, and why just now? What explains the extraordinary disconnect between pre-war statements by the Bush Administration and the post-war reality? How much of U.S. intelligence was wrong, and why? Why did the Bush Administration ignore warnings by senior military commanders about the difficulties they would confront in trying to occupy Iraq? Why was there virtually no pre-war planning for administering Iraq once the war was successfully concluded? Pelletiere argues that, in going to war twice against Iraq and once against Afghanistan, the United States was seeking to put a lock on its future energy supplies. In neglecting diplomacy for so long in dealing with the Gulf States, Washington was practically compelled to use force to get what it wanted. Pelletiere explores the context of events that produced the attacks of September 11, 2001, the pretext for the United States' military move into the region. He debunks the Bush Administration's claim that the United States was beset by Islamic terrorists bent on destroying western civilization and set the stage for an examination of other possible motives. Next, he details the history of U.S. involvement in the region, beginning with the discovery of oil and the pioneering efforts of American and British companies to open the region to exploration. After the OPEC Revolution, he argues, the United States would allow itself to be drawn into an arms-supplying relationship with the Shah of Iran and the military-industrial complex would become hooked on subsidies from the Gulf monarchs. Finally, after discussing the First Gulf War and recent events in Afghanistan, Pelletiere contends that these conflicts and the current war in Iraq are really part of a greater struggle between North and South, a struggle that will have significant consequences for the future of the United States.

Author : John Coleman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
ISBN : 0963401998

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We Fight for Oil by John Coleman Pdf

"We Fight For Oil is a history of American involvement in the struggle to secure oil supplies that began when US troops invaded Mexico. All wars are economic in origin, no matter how they may be dressed up for public consumption." --from publisher website.

Author : Daniel Thomas Curtin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258368250

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Men, Oil and War by Daniel Thomas Curtin Pdf

Author : Richard Heinberg
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0613920899

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Party's Over by Richard Heinberg Pdf

The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of complex societies. We are entering a new era, as different from the industrial era as the latter was from medieval times.In The Party's Over, Richard Heinberg places this momentous transition in historical context, showing how industrialism arose from the harnessing of fossil fuels, how competition to control access to oil shaped the geopolitics of the 20th century, and how contention for dwindling energy resources in the 21st century will lead to resource wars in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South America. He describes the likely impacts of oil depletion, and all of the energy alternatives. Predicting chaos unless the U.S. -- the world's foremost oil consumer -- is willing to join with other countries to implement a global program of resource conservation and sharing, he also recommends a managed collapse that might make way for a slower-paced, low-energy, sustainable society in the future.More readable than other accounts of this issue, with fuller discussion of the context, social implications, and recommendations for personal, community, national, and global action, Heinberg's book is a riveting wake-up call for humankind as the oil era winds down, and a critical tool for understanding and influencing current U.S. foreign policy.Richard Heinberg, from Santa Rosa, California, has been writing about energy resources issues and the dynamics of cultural change for manyyears. A member of the core faculty at New College of California, he is an award-winning author of three previous books. His Museletter was nominated for its Best Alternative Newsletter award by Utne Reader in 1993.

Author : Linda McQuaig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120954180

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It's the Crude, Dude by Linda McQuaig Pdf

Probes the mystery of what really lay behind the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Even as Washington's rationales for war have been thoroughly discredited, there's been a stunning silence about its real motives. Any mention of oil is practically shouted down. Breaking this virtual taboo, Canadian journalist McQuaig explores Washington's desire to gain control over the largest untapped oil reserves on earth and establish a major military presence in the fantastically oil-rich region--even as dwindling worldwide reserves threaten to turn competition for crude into the major international battleground of the future. Particularly taboo has been any suggestion of the involvement of Big Oil. Yet, for decades, the giant oil companies have enjoyed the power to shape policy, manipulate markets, and even topple foreign governments. In the process, they've reaped staggering profits--now bigger than ever. The quest for crude continues to determine events around the world.--From publisher description.

Author : John Urry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781780321707

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Societies beyond Oil by John Urry Pdf

What would a de-carbonised society be like? What are the implications of a general de-globalisation for our social futures? How will our high-carbon patterns of life be restructured in a de-energized world? As global society gradually wakes up to the new reality of peak oil, these questions remain unanswered. For the last hundred years oil made the world go round, and as we move into the century of 'tough oil' this book examines some profound consequences. It considers what societies would be like that are powering down; what lessons can be learned from the past about de-energized societies; will there be rationing systems or just the market to allocate scarce energy? Can virtual worlds solve energy problems? What levels of income and wellbeing would be likely? In this groundbreaking book, John Urry analyzes how the twentieth century created a kind of mirage of the future that is unsustainable into even the medium term and envisions the future of an oil-dependent world facing energy descent. Without a large-scale plan B, how can the energizing of society possibly be going into reverse?

Author : Paul Bures
Publisher : Virtualbookworm.com Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1589399463

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America by Paul Bures Pdf

Most Americans do not realize that the United States imports two-thirds of its oil from other countries. Hence, when some turmoil brews where the U.S. oil supply must be protected, the result is often a costly and bloody war. The oil is not under U.S. control and many countries that are hostile to the U.S. control both the supply and the price. As long as the U.S. continues to need this oil, it will remain at the mercy of such countries. Thus "The Oil Hostage." The U.S. Government has illusively promised oil independence since the 1973 Arab embargo, but still we are entangled in oil wars to guard the available supply. Without such wars, the prices of gas could skyrocket in a matter of days, sending the U.S. into an economic depression. Thousands of U.S. soldiers are being sacrificed in the name of oil. Numerous solutions are available to the U.S. government to bring us back on a path of freedom from oil-rich countries. With just a few steps we could be self-sufficient in less than a generation, with plentiful and much cheaper sources of energy at our disposal. Just a few simple steps and global warming would be a thing of the past. Just a few simple steps and these bloody oil wars can end, allowing America to move into a bright and energy abundant future.

Author : Doug Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1975*
Category : Wars in Prophecy
ISBN : OCLC:706631010

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The Coming Oil War by Doug Clark Pdf

Author : F. William Engdahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1615774920

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A Century of War by F. William Engdahl Pdf

"Control the oil and you control entire nations," said Kissinger. Oil is an instrument of world domination in the grip of the Anglo-American empire. This is a story about power, power over entire nations and continents. Century of War is a gripping account of the murky world of the international oil industry and its role in world politics. Scandals about oil are familiar to most of us. From George W. Bush's election victory to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, US politics and oil enjoy a controversially close relationship. William Engdahl takes the reader through a history of the oil industry's grip on the world economy. His revelations are startling. A thin red line runs through modern world history, covered in oil and blood. This book is not for the faint of heart, but for those who can see beyond the daily media manipulation of reality that is called news.

Author : Duncan Clarke
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847650498

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Empires of Oil by Duncan Clarke Pdf

We might think that the world's oil empires are invincible megaliths, dominated by American interests, but Duncan Clarke reveals the ways in which these empires will face huge challenges in the twenty-first century. Based on razor-sharp analysis of contemporary geopolitics and a deep knowledge of global history, he shows exactly why these empires are declining. He explains where the new empires of oil will be around the world; which of the hidden threats and unknown enemies are and will be the most serious; and where companies have gone wrong and can improve their global strategies. Empires of Oil reveals how the world will change because of global battles over the commodity that underpins our lives.

Author : Fiona Venn
Publisher : I. B. Tauris
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1845114582

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The Anglo-American Oil War by Fiona Venn Pdf

One of the least well-known and least discussed struggles of the 20th century was played out between the British and the Americans. From before World War I to the end of World War II, Great Britain and the United States vied with each other throughout the world to control the supply of oil. The Anglo-American Oil War examines this power struggle - identified by contemporaries as an oil war - and demonstrates how America's increasing dominance over the oilfields reflected wider shifts in international relations. During the first half of the 20th century, the strategic and economic importance of petroleum helped to define relations between the United States and Great Britain. While both governments sought to control oil resources within their own political sphere of influence, they frequently came into direct conflict over the control of oil. From the first hints of diplomatic discord over the course of the Mexican Revolution, through the British discovery of oil in Iraq, competition over the Kuwait concession, the oil strike in Masjid-e Sulaiman to the negotiation of the Anglo-American Oil Agreement in 1944 which, in theory, settled the dispute, the oil war offers a fascinating and revealing reflection of the transfer of hegemony from Great Britain to the United States