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Cold War Energy
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Author : Jeronim Perović
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-02-28
Cold War Energy written by Jeronim Perović and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-28 with History categories.
This book examines the role of Soviet energy during the Cold War. Based on hitherto little known documents from Western and Eastern European archives, it combines the story of Soviet oil and gas with general Cold War history. This volume breaks new ground by framing Soviet energy in a multi-national context, taking into account not only the view from Moscow, but also the perspectives of communist Eastern Europe, the US, NATO, as well as several Western European countries – namely Italy, France, and West Germany. This book challenges some of the long-standing assumptions of East-West bloc relations, as well as shedding new light on relations within the blocs regarding the issue of energy. By bringing together a range of junior and senior historians and specialists from Europe, Russia and the US, this book represents a pioneering endeavour to approach the role of Soviet energy during the Cold War in transnational perspective.
Cold War Energy
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Author : Douglas B. Reynolds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916-03-15
Cold War Energy written by Douglas B. Reynolds and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916-03-15 with categories.
Every great empire, from the Roman to the British and to the Soviet Empire, has had, at its economic heart, an energy source that is integral to that empire's ability to produce, transport, and use goods and services. Without energy nothing can move, run, or work in any economy, particularly an imperial one. Energy is an often overlooked key to understanding economics in general and understanding the Soviet Union's remarkable economic growth in particular, from the challenging era of collectivization, to the spectacular technological era of Sputnik and to the expansionist era of Soviet-Afghan aggression. Energy is central and integral to understanding Soviet economic growth as well as our own current, Western economic growth. However, a rise and decline in available energy must be considered as a factor in the incredible rise and then decline and fall of the Soviet Union's Empire. In this book, we will look at how the Soviet Union's economy relied on energy every bit as much as our own Western-oriented economies do today and how the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) should be analyzed as a cohesive and synergetic economic/energy system, which parallels today's global, trade-oriented, Western centric economic/energy system almost exactly. The book provides an overview of the many theories that seek to explain the fall of the Soviet Union, including an energy theory, and challenges the prevailing status quo hypothesis promoted by many economists and much of academia for how the fall of the Soviet Union happened--that it was caused by a mismanaged economy. We will look at the Soviet Empire's economic history just before the collapse in order to understand how growth and decline occur in general and how it occurred in Easter Europe and Central Asia specifically. Then we will explore, in laymen's terms, standard, economic growth orthodoxy, often called neo-classical growth theory, and relate it to the rise of Soviet power. The book also goes into the theories of peak oil including the economic and physical reasons for why peak oil occurs and how it progresses.
Energy And Environment In The Transition Economies
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Author : William Chandler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-02-13
Energy And Environment In The Transition Economies written by William Chandler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-13 with Political Science categories.
Energy and environmental issues in the former Soviet sphere rank as global policy priorities for three reasons. First, civilian application of military nuclear materials multiplies the threat of terrorism. Second, Russian and Caspian oil resources affect world markets, Western energy security, and regional stability. Third, climate change may become a global challenge commensurate with the Cold War, and the transition economies--the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe--offer the world's largest and cheapest near-term opportunities for curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, the region remains unprepared to deal with these issues, and Western assistance has failed to help. A "second generation" of reform efforts is needed, led from within, but supported by the West. In Energy and Environmental Policies in the Transition Economies William Chandler synthesizes disparate, specialized analyses and publications. He draws on a relatively large body of research on energy technology, oil and gas markets, geopolitics, finance, economic reform, and environmental science specific to Russia, eastern Europe, and the transition economies. In successive chapters Chandler reviews energy use, energy efficiency, nuclear safety and security, petroleum geoeconomics, coal, utility monopoly and competition, and environmental and climatic change in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. Chandler also considers options for a "second generation" of reform efforts. The subject matter of the book is significant not only for the energy and environmental policies themselves, important though they are, but because those policies in turn affect regional political stability and Western energy security. Energy and Environmental Policies in the Transition Economies will be of considerable interest to policymakers in government, to private-sector actors, to academic scholars, and to students of international energy and environmental politics.
The Colder War
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Author : Marin Katusa
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-10-17
The Colder War written by Marin Katusa and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-17 with Business & Economics categories.
How the massive power shift in Russia threatens the political dominance of the United States There is a new cold war underway, driven by a massive geopolitical power shift to Russia that went almost unnoticed across the globe. In The Colder War: How the Global Energy Trade Slipped from America's Grasp, energy expert Marin Katusa takes a look at the ways the western world is losing control of the energy market, and what can be done about it. Russia is in the midst of a rapid economic and geopolitical renaissance under the rule of Vladimir Putin, a tenacious KGB officer turned modern-day tsar. Understanding his rise to power provides the keys to understanding the shift in the energy trade from Saudi Arabia to Russia. This powerful new position threatens to unravel the political dominance of the United States once and for all. Discover how political coups, hostile takeovers, and assassinations have brought Russia to the center of the world's energy market Follow Putin's rise to power and how it has led to an upsetting of the global balance of trade Learn how Russia toppled a generation of robber barons and positioned itself as the most powerful force in the energy market Study Putin's long-range plans and their potential impact on the United States and the U.S. dollar If Putin's plans are successful, not only will Russia be able to starve other countries of power, but the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) will replace the G7 in wealth and clout. The Colder War takes a hard look at what is to come in a new global energy market that is certain to cause unprecedented impact on the U.S. dollar and the American way of life.
Energy And Us Foreign Policy
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Author : Ahmed Mahdi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01-30
Energy And Us Foreign Policy written by Ahmed Mahdi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-30 with History categories.
The quest for oil can be seen as a defining principle of global US foreign policy, an imperative which has shaped and redefined the practice of American diplomacy, especially in the wake of 9/11, which raised questions about the stability of global oil resources. In "Energy and US Foreign Policy", Ahmed Mahdi relates the military expansion of the world's biggest superpower to its quest to gain guaranteed and secure access to the world's most important commodity. Examining the foreign policy of George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, culminating in the unprecedented military campaigns of the latter, Mahdi demonstrates how and why oil has played a central role in US relations with the wider world. By dissecting the failures of the US to secure its own economic and energy interests, and by demonstrating the devastating impact this has had on the rest of the world, especially in the Middle East, Mahdi offers vital analysis for researchers and students of International Relations, Diplomacy, Security and Energy Studies.
Red Gas
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Author : P. Högselius
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-12-28
Red Gas written by P. Högselius and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-28 with History categories.
This book applies a systems and risk perspective on international energy relations, author Per Högselius investigates how and why governments, businesses, engineers and other actors sought to promote – and oppose– the establishment of an extensive East-West natural gas regime that seemed to overthrow the fundamental logic of the Cold War.
A Review Of The Department Of Energy Classification
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Author : Committee on Declassification of Information for the Department of Energy Environmental Remediation and Related Programs
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1995-08-21
A Review Of The Department Of Energy Classification written by Committee on Declassification of Information for the Department of Energy Environmental Remediation and Related Programs and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-08-21 with Business & Economics categories.
With the end of the Cold War, the Department of Energy is engaged in a review of its policies regarding the classification of information. In 1994, the Secretary of Energy requested the assistance of the National Research Council in an effort to "lift the veil of Cold War secrecy." This book recommends fundamental principles to guide declassification policy. It also offers specific suggestions of ways to improve public access while protecting truly sensitive information.
Oil Exploration Diplomacy And Security In The Early Cold War
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Author : Roberto Cantoni
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-03-27
Oil Exploration Diplomacy And Security In The Early Cold War written by Roberto Cantoni and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-27 with History categories.
The importance of oil for national military-industrial complexes appeared more clearly than ever in the Cold War. This volume argues that the confidential acquisition of geoscientific knowledge was paramount for states, not only to provide for their own energy needs, but also to buttress national economic and geostrategic interests and protect energy security. By investigating the postwar rebuilding and expansion of French and Italian oil industries from the second half of the 1940s to the early 1960s, this book shows how successive administrations in those countries devised strategies of oil exploration and transport, aiming at achieving a higher degree of energy autonomy and setting up powerful oil agencies that could implement those strategies. However, both within and outside their national territories, these two European countries had to confront the new Cold War balances and the interests of the two superpowers.
Life At The Center Of The Energy Crisis
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Author : George H Miley
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2013-04-30
Life At The Center Of The Energy Crisis written by George H Miley and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-30 with Science categories.
Life at the Center of the Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search for a Black Swan describes the story of the author's work and struggles in the field of energy research. The author's experience in the field spans from work with Admiral Rickover and the Nuclear Navy to research with NASA designing propulsion for spacecraft to travel to Mars. The book provides insights into the differences between nuclear research done during the Cold War by the two superpowers, and offers a commentary on the flaws in each system with hope for change in the future. The book also provides a look into the development of the nuclear engineering program at the University of Illinois from the author's years as a professor and an administrator. Contents:Why a “Black Swan”?Living at the Center of the Energy CrisisTimeline and ApologyEarly Days and Searching for a Starting PathBurnable Poison Control for Nuclear Submarine ReactorsNuclear Pulse Propagation and Fission Reactor KineticsNuclear Pumped Laser (NPL) ResearchDirect Electron Beam Pumped LaserAdvanced LasersAlpha Particle Effects in Thermonuclear Fusion DevicesAlternate Fusion ConceptsAdvanced Fuel Fusion and Direct Energy ConversionInertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) FusionLow Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR)Hydrogen Economy and Fuel CellsFusion Propulsion and Space ColonizationNuclear BatteriesComputation and TheoryNuclear Power Plant Safety and the Illinois Low-Level Waste SiteTeaching, Education, and University AdministrationCreation of a Small Company, NPL Associates, Inc.Where Am I in the Search? What Have I Found?Concluding CommentsTimeline of Events Readership: Undergraduates and PhDs, as well as anyone in the general public interested in the history of the field. Keywords:Burnable Poison Control;Nuclear Submarine Reactors;Neutron Pulse Propagation;Fission Reactor Kinetics;Nuclear Pumped Lasers;Direct Electron Beam Pumped Laser;Advanced Lasers;Alpha Particle Effects in Thermonuclear Fusion Devices;Alternate Fusion Concepts;Advanced Fuel Fusion;Direct Energy Conversion;Inertial Confinement Fusion;Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion;Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR);Hydrogen Economy and Fuel Cells;Fusion Propulsion;Space Colonization;Nuclear Batteries;Nuclear Power Plant Safety Board;Illinois Low-level Waste Site;Energy StudiesReviews: “Miley includes pictures and graphics to set the historical tone and illustrate scientific concepts, both of which add to his colorful narrative. Readers with an interest in the principles or the history of nuclear energy, or of its future in post-Cold War era — will find much to interest them in this book.”(See Full Review) Inside Illinois
A Review Of The Department Of Energy Classification
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1995-09-07
A Review Of The Department Of Energy Classification written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-09-07 with Technology & Engineering categories.
With the end of the Cold War, the Department of Energy is engaged in a review of its policies regarding the classification of information. In 1994, the Secretary of Energy requested the assistance of the National Research Council in an effort to "lift the veil of Cold War secrecy." This book recommends fundamental principles to guide declassification policy. It also offers specific suggestions of ways to improve public access while protecting truly sensitive information.