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082			_a338.2 OIL
100			_a"Kaldor, Mary(ed.)"
245		0	_a"Oil wars/ edited by Mary Kaldor, Terry Lynn Karl and Yahia Said"
260			_aLondon
260			_bPluto
260			_c2007
300			_a294p.
365			_dEU
520			_a This book argues that the main reason why oil-rich countries are prone to war is because of the character of their society and economy. Sectarian groups compete for access to oil resources and finance their military adventures through smuggling oil, kidnapping oil executives, or blowing up pipelines. Outside intervention only makes things worse. The use of conventional military force as in Iraq can bring neither stability nor security of supply. This book examines the relationship between oil and war in six different regions: Angola, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Indonesia, Nigeria and Russia. Each country has substantial oil reserves, and has a long history of conflict. The contributors assess what part oil plays in causing, aggravating or mitigating war in each region and how this relation has altered with the changing nature of war. It offers a novel conceptual approach bringing together Kaldor's work on 'new wars' and Karl's work on the petro-state.
650			_aOil industry
942			_cB _2ddc