Black gold and blackmail : : oil and great power politics / / Rosemary A. Kelanic.

'Black Gold and Blackmail' seeks to explain why great powers adopt such different strategies to protect their oil access from politically motivated disruptions.

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Superior document:Cornell scholarship online
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca : : Cornell University Press,, 2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Cornell scholarship online.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 online resource)
Notes:Previously issued in print: 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Ubiquity of Oil
  • 1. A Theory of Strategic Anticipation
  • 2. Oil and Military Effectiveness
  • 3. Qualitative Methods for Testing the Theory
  • 4. British Vulnerability and the Conquest of Mesopotamia
  • 5. The Oil Strategies of Nazi Germany
  • 6. American Efforts to Avoid Vulnerability
  • 7. Empirical Tests with Fuzzy-Set QCA
  • Conclusion: Oil and the Future of Great Power Politics
  • Notes
  • Index