03306nam a2200301 a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038020001800079020001500097040000800112100002100120245009300141260006000234300004200294490006900336504006300405505113500468520108601603650003902689650004602728650004302774650001902817650004102836650004102877650001702918830006902935vtls000034498KUKTEM20251117145308.0090212t2008    si ab  f b    001 0 eng d  a9789812791580  a9812791582  aUMP1 aSinger, Clifford10aEnergy and international war :bfrom Babylon to Baghdad and beyond /cClifford E. Singer  aSingapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :bWorld Scientific,c2008  axviii, 434 p. :bill., maps ;c24 cm.1 aWorld Scientific series on energy and resource economics ;vv. 6  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 383-419) and index0 aPt. 1. From Hammurabi to Napoleon -- 1. Just a commodity -- 2. Slaves, gold and silver -- 3. Sources of conflict until the concert of Europe -- Pt. 2. Coal and non-energy minerals -- 4. Steamer coal in the colonial era -- 5. Franco-Prussian War sets the stage -- 6. Coal and iron in the Great War -- 7. Coal in Asia before WWII -- 8. Coal, steel, customs, and the EU -- 9. Conflict over other solid mineral resources -- 10. An end to cross-border warfare over solid minerals? -- Pt. 3. Oil -- 11. Oil and commerce -- 12. Oil from WWI to WWII -- 13. Oil and World War II -- 14. Before the Iran-Iraq War -- 15. Iran and Iraq -- 16. Gulf War I -- 17. Sanctions and inspections -- 18. Iraq after 9/11/01 -- 19. Oil and war -- Pt. 4. Uranium, natural gas, and renewables -- 20. France and uranium -- 21. French neocolonialism in Africa -- 22. Natural gas resources and transport -- 23. Liquefied natural gas and security developments -- 24. Hydropower -- 25. Other renewable resources -- 26. It's about oil -- Pt. 5. The future -- 27. Troubled products -- 28. Uncoordinated consumers -- 29. Spoilers -- 30. Transition to sustainability  a"Will international wars where energy resources play a central role continue to hold sway over life and death for industrialized nations, or is this a transient phase in the evolution of industrial societies? This book answers this question by tracing the history of energy and conflict from antiquity through the epic hot and cold wars of the twentieth century, to expected outcome of the war in Iraq. It points the way to the end of wars over control of fossil fuels, and demonstrates why these may be the last major international wars over other resources as well. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the future of energy use or international conflict. Readers will find in it an illuminating overview of the sweep of historical events. The book further provides a compelling explanation of how a thorough understanding of the evolutionary direction of these events challenges the conventional wisdom that resource wars are endemic to the nature of industrial society, thus offering a fresh view on one of the most important challenges of our time."--p. 4 of cover 0aPower resourcesxPolitical aspects 0aSecurity, InternationalxEconomic aspects 0aStrategic materialsxPolitical aspects 0aWorld politics 0aNatural resourcesxPolitical aspects 0aEnergy industriesxPolitical aspects 0aWarxHistory 0aWorld Scientific series on energy and resource economics ;vv. 6