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Energy and international war [[electronic resource] ] : from Babylon to Baghdad and beyond / / Clifford E. Singer
| Energy and international war [[electronic resource] ] : from Babylon to Baghdad and beyond / / Clifford E. Singer |
| Autore | Singer Clifford |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Jersey, : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (452 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.79 |
| Collana | World Scientific series on energy and resource economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Power resources - Political aspects
Security, International - Economic aspects Strategic materials - Political aspects Natural resources - Political aspects Energy industries - Political aspects World politics - 20th century World politics - 21st century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 981-279-159-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; PART ONE: FROM HAMMURABI TO NAPOLEON; 1. Just a Commodity; Oil and the US Military; Economic Impact of Changing Oil Prices; Energy and War; Resource Wars; The Broader Context; Endnotes; 2. Slaves, Gold, and Silver; Slaves, Serfs, and Peasants; Organization of Human Energy; Precious Metals and the Money Supply; Silver, Trade, and War; Dutch Wind and Water; Endnotes; 3. Sources of Conflict Until the Concert of Europe; Wars over Territory and Trade in Europe and Asia; Plunder, Trade, and Territory in Pre-colonial Africa
Napoleon Bonaparte Why Wars Were Fought; Things Change with Time; Historical Importance of the Demographic Transition; Theories of Conflict; Endnotes; PART TWO: COAL AND NON-ENERGY MINERALS; 4. Steamer Coal in the Colonial Era; Coal, Naval Power, and 19th Century Colonialism; The Rise and Decline of South Wales Coal Exports; Endnotes; 5. Franco-Prussian War Sets the Stage; Preludes to the Franco-Prussian War; Germany; Alsace-Lorraine; Thomas-Gilchrist and Steel; French vs German Production; Endnotes; 6. Coal and Iron in the Great War; Industrial Revolution in Britain United States after the Civil War The Struggle of Nations; Endnotes; 7. Coal in Asia before WWII; Transpacific Cable and US Naval Coal; German Naval Pipedreams; Manchuria; Endnotes; 8. Coal, Steel, Customs, and the EU; Prelude to the European Coal and Steel Community; From ECSC to the EU Enlargement of 2007; Endnotes; 9. Conflict over other Solid Mineral Resources; Nitrates and the War of the Pacific; Phosphates; Copper, Counterrevolution, and Secessionists; Other Non-Carbon Minerals; Conflict Diamonds; Coltan; Historical Legacy and the Future of Platinum; Endnotes 10. An End to Cross-border Warfare over Solid Minerals? Endnote; PART THREE: OIL; 11. Oil and Commerce; Monopoly and Cartel; Standard Oil; Origins and Fate of the "Seven Sisters"; Endnotes; 12. Oil from WWI to WWII; Oil and War From 1911 Through WWI; Romania's Miscalculation; Oil after WWI; Endnotes; 13. Oil and World War II; Italy in Africa; Sources of WWII in Europe; Why did Germany Repeat Napoleon's Catastrophe?; Why Did the Tide of War Turn in 1942?; Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor?; "Process Theory" for Organizational Dysfunction; Perceptions of the Military Importance of Oil; Endnotes 14. Before the Iran-Iraq War Oil Demand and Supply; Suez Crisis and Second Arab-Israeli War; OPEC; Third (Six-Day) Arab-Israeli War; Fourth (Yom-Kippur) Arab-Israeli War; Adjustment, Second Shock, and Great Panic; Endnotes; 15. Iran and Iraq; Iran and the United States; Iran-Iraq War; Endnotes; 16. Gulf War I; Kuwait; Iraqi Unconventional Weapons before 1990; Nuclear Threat Justification for Countering Iraq; Options for Keeping Iraq Disarmed; Endnotes; 17. Sanctions and Inspections; What Iraq Actually Had in 1990; Sanctions and Inspections: 1995-1998; End of the First Round of Inspections Impact on Palestine and Iran |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454821403321 |
Singer Clifford
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| New Jersey, : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Energy and international war [[electronic resource] ] : from Babylon to Baghdad and beyond / / Clifford E. Singer
| Energy and international war [[electronic resource] ] : from Babylon to Baghdad and beyond / / Clifford E. Singer |
| Autore | Singer Clifford |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Jersey, : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (452 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.79 |
| Collana | World Scientific series on energy and resource economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Power resources - Political aspects
Security, International - Economic aspects Strategic materials - Political aspects Natural resources - Political aspects Energy industries - Political aspects World politics - 20th century World politics - 21st century |
| ISBN | 981-279-159-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; PART ONE: FROM HAMMURABI TO NAPOLEON; 1. Just a Commodity; Oil and the US Military; Economic Impact of Changing Oil Prices; Energy and War; Resource Wars; The Broader Context; Endnotes; 2. Slaves, Gold, and Silver; Slaves, Serfs, and Peasants; Organization of Human Energy; Precious Metals and the Money Supply; Silver, Trade, and War; Dutch Wind and Water; Endnotes; 3. Sources of Conflict Until the Concert of Europe; Wars over Territory and Trade in Europe and Asia; Plunder, Trade, and Territory in Pre-colonial Africa
Napoleon Bonaparte Why Wars Were Fought; Things Change with Time; Historical Importance of the Demographic Transition; Theories of Conflict; Endnotes; PART TWO: COAL AND NON-ENERGY MINERALS; 4. Steamer Coal in the Colonial Era; Coal, Naval Power, and 19th Century Colonialism; The Rise and Decline of South Wales Coal Exports; Endnotes; 5. Franco-Prussian War Sets the Stage; Preludes to the Franco-Prussian War; Germany; Alsace-Lorraine; Thomas-Gilchrist and Steel; French vs German Production; Endnotes; 6. Coal and Iron in the Great War; Industrial Revolution in Britain United States after the Civil War The Struggle of Nations; Endnotes; 7. Coal in Asia before WWII; Transpacific Cable and US Naval Coal; German Naval Pipedreams; Manchuria; Endnotes; 8. Coal, Steel, Customs, and the EU; Prelude to the European Coal and Steel Community; From ECSC to the EU Enlargement of 2007; Endnotes; 9. Conflict over other Solid Mineral Resources; Nitrates and the War of the Pacific; Phosphates; Copper, Counterrevolution, and Secessionists; Other Non-Carbon Minerals; Conflict Diamonds; Coltan; Historical Legacy and the Future of Platinum; Endnotes 10. An End to Cross-border Warfare over Solid Minerals? Endnote; PART THREE: OIL; 11. Oil and Commerce; Monopoly and Cartel; Standard Oil; Origins and Fate of the "Seven Sisters"; Endnotes; 12. Oil from WWI to WWII; Oil and War From 1911 Through WWI; Romania's Miscalculation; Oil after WWI; Endnotes; 13. Oil and World War II; Italy in Africa; Sources of WWII in Europe; Why did Germany Repeat Napoleon's Catastrophe?; Why Did the Tide of War Turn in 1942?; Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor?; "Process Theory" for Organizational Dysfunction; Perceptions of the Military Importance of Oil; Endnotes 14. Before the Iran-Iraq War Oil Demand and Supply; Suez Crisis and Second Arab-Israeli War; OPEC; Third (Six-Day) Arab-Israeli War; Fourth (Yom-Kippur) Arab-Israeli War; Adjustment, Second Shock, and Great Panic; Endnotes; 15. Iran and Iraq; Iran and the United States; Iran-Iraq War; Endnotes; 16. Gulf War I; Kuwait; Iraqi Unconventional Weapons before 1990; Nuclear Threat Justification for Countering Iraq; Options for Keeping Iraq Disarmed; Endnotes; 17. Sanctions and Inspections; What Iraq Actually Had in 1990; Sanctions and Inspections: 1995-1998; End of the First Round of Inspections Impact on Palestine and Iran |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777953203321 |
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Singer Clifford
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| New Jersey, : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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