Oil, the State, and War: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- One -- Petrostates: A Typology -- Two -- Applying the Typology: Petrostates at War -- Three -- Resource Arms Racing: Oil Wealth and Military Power -- Four -- Petroleum Proxies and Oil Altruism: The Light and Dark of Oil Wealth -- Five -- Institutions, Intelligence, and Personalization: The Resource Curse and Foreign Policy -- Six -- Crude Power: The Oil Weapon in Practice -- Seven -- Under the Umbrella: Soft Oil Power and Hegemonic Protection -- Eight -- Facing the Future: Peak Petrostate? -- Appendix A -- Methods and Measurements -- Appendix B -- Oil and Conflict -- Appendix C -- Military Spending and Arms Sales -- Appendix D -- Soft Power, Sanctions, and Oil -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
