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Oil Crusades
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Author : Abdulhay Yahya Zalloum
language : en
Publisher: Pluto Press
Release Date : 2007-05-20
Oil Crusades written by Abdulhay Yahya Zalloum and has been published by Pluto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-20 with History categories.
Oil is the lifeblood of modern economics. It is the precious resource at the heart of empire-building---from the British empire to the American empire today. It underpins the world's financial markets. But seventy per cent of the world's oil supplies lie under the sands of the Middle East. Did the United States invade Iraq to grab Iraq's oil? Many people think so. This book shows how this is part of a wider U.S. attempt to dominate international oil and maintain America's global dominance. Written by an influential oil consultant with experience of working in both the U.S. and Arab oil industries, this book provides a rare insight into the real motivations behind U.S. intervention in the Arab world and the relationship between the United States and the Arab states. Abdulhay Yahya Zalloum provides a historical account of the roots of today's involvement, analyzing U.S. intervention in the Arab world since the nineteenth century. Zalloum provides an account of America's changing role in OPEC. He examines the fate of Iraq's oil and the involvement of U.S. contractors. He also analyzes the role of oil in America's relationship with Israel, providing an important insight into how this dynamic is viewed in the Arab world. The book offers a unique perspective on how the United States is viewed in the Arab region and how progress should be made if real peace and stability are to be brokered.
Petrotyranny
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Author : John Bacher
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2000-09-01
Petrotyranny written by John Bacher and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-01 with Political Science categories.
High gas prices aren’t the end of the world- but they may be the beginning of the end. This, at least, is the feeling of many who shudder at the staggering power oil-rich countries have over the world’s political affairs. In Petrotyranny, John Bacher uncovers the frightening facts of the world’s oil industry. He reveals that the worst dictatorships control six times the reserves that are under democratic control, and explores the potential for global conflict that exists as the demand for energy increases and the oil supply decreases. What kind of power will these dictatorships possess in the future? How many wars will be fought over the ever-shrinking supply of oil? Bacher takes an optimistic approach, viewing the problem as a challenge: the world’s democracies need to devise a creative response to avoid the looming crisis. That is, start replacing fossil-fuel burning with renewable energy - and start the process now.
America In Islamistan
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Author : Abdulhay Y. Zalloum
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2011
America In Islamistan written by Abdulhay Y. Zalloum and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Business & Economics categories.
Since its independence, the United States has proven to be second to none in demonstrating its superiority in organized violence as it waged over two hundred wars in its short history. Wars against the North African Muslim states endured over two decades right after independence. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the United States waged two wars against Afghanistan and Iraq and a global war of terror that was conveniently named the War on Terror. The theater of operations of this global war was the Muslim World, which we will call Islamistan. These wars were for gold, yet often God was invoked for easy sell to the rest of the world. America in Islamistan: Trade, Oil, and Blood reviews American interventions in the Muslim world, from the days of US independence until today. It explains the true causes for the War on Terror as seen through Muslim eyes and concludes that a "regime change" is now indeed due in the West, as capitalism is in deep systemic crisis and its game is almost over.
Historical Dictionary Of The Petroleum Industry
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Author : Marius S. Vassiliou
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2009-03-02
Historical Dictionary Of The Petroleum Industry written by Marius S. Vassiliou and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-02 with History categories.
The Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry presents a concise but complete one-volume reference on the history of the petroleum industry from pre-modern times to the present day. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on companies, people, events, technologies, phenomena, countries, provinces, cities, and regions related to the history of the world's petroleum industry. Anyone interested in the history, status, and outlook for the petroleum industry will find this book a uniquely valuable source.
The Crusades
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Author : J. Gerlach
language : en
Publisher: Microcosm Pub
Release Date : 2012-01-04
The Crusades written by J. Gerlach and has been published by Microcosm Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-04 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
In the new edition of J. Gerlach's Simple History series Crusades zine we look at the period between 1095 and 1229, a time of widespread cruelty, political expansion, and religious hypocrisy. As Gerlach says in the zine's intro, "It is said that religious differences have caused most wars. Certainly this reasoning could be applied to the Crusades—a battle of Christians against Muslims for control of the 'Holy Land.' But as in other 'religious wars,' religion was not the main reason to fight." What comes next is an intelligent, fast-faced look at the hows and whys of this dark (and oft romanticized) spot in our history. Gerlach's illustrated, 48-page take on the Crusades is an accessible but richly detailed piece of cultural documentation. In this day of terrorists and nationalism, oil-wars and martyrs, this text will ring true to modern readers. The big, hot button themes—jihad, imperialism, propaganda, religious fervor—are all the same and the result can be chilling. As says Gerlach, "It goes back and forth, with no end in sight." Scary and synchronistic, this is the most relevant Simple History zine yet.
Oil Power And War
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Author : Matthieu Auzanneau
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date : 2020-02-20
Oil Power And War written by Matthieu Auzanneau and has been published by Chelsea Green Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-20 with History categories.
The story of oil is one of hubris, fortune, betrayal, and destruction. It is the story of a resource that has been undeniably central to the creation of our modern culture, and ever-present during the darkest exploits of empire the world over. For the past 150 years, oil has become the most essential ingredient for economic, military, and political power. And it has brought us to our present moment in which political leaders and the fossil-fuel industry consider extraordinary, and extraordinarily dangerous, policy on a world stage marked by shifting power bases. Upending the conventional wisdom by crafting a “people’s history,” award-winning journalist Matthieu Auzanneau deftly traces how oil became a national and then global addiction, outlines the enormous consequences of that addiction, sheds new light on major historical and contemporary figures, and raises new questions about stories we thought we knew well: What really sparked the oil crises in the 1970s, the shift away from the gold standard at Bretton Woods, or even the financial crash of 2008? How has oil shaped the events that have defined our times: two world wars, the Cold War, the Great Depression, ongoing wars in the Middle East, the advent of neoliberalism, and the Great Recession, among them? With brutal clarity, Oil, Power, and War exposes the heavy hand oil has had in all of our lives—and illustrates how much heavier that hand could get during the increasingly desperate race to control the last of the world’s easily and cheaply extractable reserves.
The A To Z Of The Petroleum Industry
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Author : Marius S. Vassiliou
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2009-09-24
The A To Z Of The Petroleum Industry written by Marius S. Vassiliou and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-24 with History categories.
The world as we have known it for the past century would have been very different without petroleum. Petroleum, particularly in the form of crude oil and its refined products, has been central to all aspects of modern industrial society and has been a major strategic geopolitical objective for nations. The 20th century was the age of oil, and at least part of the 21st century will be as well. Petroleum is used as an energy source and as a raw material for the production of an immense variety of chemicals and synthetic materials. Almost all the world's food relies on petroleum for fertilizer, pesticides, cultivation, or transport. Petroleum has been particularly dominant as a source of transportation fuels, an application for which cost-effective substitutes will be especially difficult to find. The A to Z of the Petroleum Industry presents a concise but complete one-volume reference on the history of the petroleum industry from pre-modern times to the present day. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on companies, people, places, events, technologies, and phenomena related to the history of the world's petroleum industry. Anyone interested in the history, status, and outlook for the petroleum industry will find this book a uniquely valuable source.
Foreign Oil Dependence
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Author : Noah Berlatsky
language : en
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2015-12-28
Foreign Oil Dependence written by Noah Berlatsky and has been published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-28 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
This anthology explores the issue of the United States' dependence on oil. Can the country attain energy independence? Does the dependence on foreign oil weaken the economy? Is dependence on foreign oil a security threat? Can the United States transition from oil if it must, or is the country too deeply invested? This book gives evidence to both sides of these questions. Features previously published content from sources such as Jordan Weissman, Anne Korin, Pew Charitable Trusts, and the National Corn Growers Association.
A Pipeline Runs Through It
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Author : Keith Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2022-08-04
A Pipeline Runs Through It written by Keith Fisher and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-04 with Business & Economics categories.
'Fascinating revelations' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'An immensely valuable guide to a great and terrible industry' The Economist 'The book I have long been waiting for... Essential reading' Michael Klare Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power. A Pipeline Runs Through It is a fresh, in-depth look at the social, economic, and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to the modern oil age. It tells an extraordinary origin story, from the pre-industrial history of petroleum through to large-scale production in the mid-nineteenth century and the development of a dominant, fully-fledged oil industry by the early twentieth century. This was always a story of imperialist violence, economic exploitation and environmental destruction. The near total eradication of the Native Americans of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio has barely been mentioned as a precondition for the emergence of the first oil region in the United States. The growth of Royal Dutch-Shell involved the genocidal subjugation of people of the Dutch East Indies and the exploitation of oil in the Middle East arose seamlessly out of Britain's prior political and military interventions in the region. Finally, in an entirely new analysis, the book shows how the British navy's increasingly desperate dependence on vulnerable foreign sources of oil may have been a catalytic ingredient in the outbreak of the First World War. The rise of oil has shaped the modern world, and this is the book to understand it.
Swords For God
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Swords For God written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with categories.