Seizing power the grab for global oil wealth /

"Since the 1973-1974 Arab oil embargo, oil-rich outlaw nations have become petroaggessors and used a valuable natural resource as a weapon in global politics. Seizing Power takes a look at Putin, Chavez, Ahmadinejad, and other key players whose hunger for power and money has framed some stark c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Slater, Robert.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments.
  • Introduction: The Parable of Sao Tome;.
  • 1 Edging Toward Violence and Chaos.
  • 2 Two African Oil Nations: A Study in Contrasts.
  • 3 China Invades Africa.
  • 4 Power in the Desert: The Gulf and the Middle East.
  • 5 Testing the Oil System: The War, the Embargo, and Spare Capacity.
  • 6 The History of Oil and the American Dream.
  • 7 Ethics and Oil.
  • 8 Hedging: Insurance or Speculation?
  • 9 How Much Oil Is Left ... and How Willing Is the United States to Drill for It?
  • 10 Oil for the Lamps of China ... and India.
  • 11 Power Shift.
  • 12 Russia: Putin's War Against the Oligarchs.
  • 13 Iran: Arrogance as an Oil Strategy.
  • 14 Venezuela: The World According to Chavez.
  • 15 Brazil and Petrobras: A National Oil Company in a Better World.
  • 16 After the Power Shift: Where Will It All Lead?
  • List of Illustrations.
  • Index.