A theory of strategic anticipation -- Oil and military effectiveness -- Qualitative methods for testing the theory -- British vulnerability and the conquest of Mesopotamia -- Nazi Germany 1933- -- American efforts to avoid vulnerability -- Fuzzy-set QCA analysis -- Conclusion : oil and the future of great power politics
Summary
"Explains why great powers sometimes fight wars to protect access to oil, while in other cases they secure oil with lesser strategies such as oil alliances or domestic conservation programs"-- Provided by publisher