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Imprint:	London : Pluto, 2007.
Description:	x, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects. Petroleum reserves. War. Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects. Petroleum reserves. War.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8203830

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Other authors / contributors:	Kaldor, Mary. Karl, Terry Lynn, 1947- Said, Yahia, 1965-
ISBN:	9780745324791 (hbk.) 0745324797 (hbk.) 0745324789 (pbk.) 9780745324784 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	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.

Table of Contents:

List of figures, boxes, tables and maps
List of abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
1. Nigeria: political violence, governance and corporate responsibility in a petro-state
2. Drilling in deep water: oil, business and war in Angola
3. Greed and grievance in Chechnya
4. Oil and conflict: the case of Nagorno Karabakh
5. The conflict in Aceh: struggle over oil?
6. Oil and armed conflict in Casanare, Colombia: complex contexts and contingent moments
Conclusion
Notes on Contributors
Index

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