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Resource wars : the new landscape of global conflict
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A compelling look at warfare in an era of rampant globalization and intense economic competition. Michael T. Klare reveals the conflict between the US and Islamic extremism as the predictable conse...
A compelling look at warfare in an era of rampant globalization and intense economic competition. Michael T. Klare reveals the conflict between the US and Islamic extremism as the predictable consequence of consumer nations seeking to protect the vital resources they depend on.
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- Creator
- Michael T. Klare
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- First Owl Books edition
- New York : Henry Holt, [2002]
- ©2002
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- 289 pages : maps ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 0805055762, 9780805055764
- OCLC
- ocm49725991
- "A Metropolitan/Owl book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-274) and index.
- Wealth, resources, and power: the changing parameters of global security -- Oil, geography, and war: the competitive pursuit of petroleum plenty -- Oil conflict in the Persian Gulf -- Energy conflict in the Caspian Sea basin -- Oil wars in the South China Sea -- Water conflict in the Nile basin -- Water conflict in the Jordan, Tigris-Euphrates, and Indus River basins -- Fighting for the riches of the earth: internal wars over minerals and timber -- The new geography of conflict -- Appendix: Territorial disputes in areas containing oil and/or natural gas