Black Gold and Blackmail

A. Kelanic Rosemary

Sujets

• International economics
• International relations
• Middle East

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 avril 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781501749216
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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BLACK GOLD AND BLACKMAIL

BLACK GOLD AND BLACKMAIL Oil and Great Power Politics

ROSEMarY A. KELaNiC

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESSITHACA AND LONDON

The publication of this book is made possible in part by support from the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame.

Copyright © 2020 by Cornell University

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First published 2020 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Names: Kelanic, Rosemary A., author. Title: Black gold and blackmail : oil and great power politics / Rosemary A. Kelanic. Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019031635 (print) | LCCN 2019031636 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501748295 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501749216 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501749209 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Petroleum industry and trade—Political aspects. | Petroleum industry and trade—Military aspects. | Energy security—Political aspects. | Great powers. Classification: LCC HD9560.6 .K415 2020 (print) | LCC HD9560.6 (ebook) | DDC 338.2/728—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019031635 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019031636

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction:TheUbiquityofOil

1.  A Theory of Strategic Anticipation 2.  Oil and Military Effectiveness 3.  Qualitative Methods for Testing the Theory 4.  British Vulnerability and the Conquest of Mesopotamia 5.  The Oil Strategies of Nazi Germany 6.  American Efforts to Avoid Vulnerability 7.  Empirical Tests with FuzzySet QCA

Conclusion: Oil and the Future of Great Power Politics

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Acknowledgments

Academia is an offensedominant world. It is almost always easier to attack a scholarly argument than it is to originate and defend one. Thank goodness I did not have to write this book alone. Countless friends and colleagues supported me throughout the arduous process; without their help, this book would not exist. I owe my greatest intellectual debts to John Mearsheimer, Charlie Glaser, and Bob Pape. John Mearsheimer’s wit, mirthful contrarianism, and remarkable clarity of thought provided a constant source of inspiration. Though he relishes playing the “prince of darkness” role in the field, he was unfailingly patient and encourag ing. Bob Pape’s work on coercion fed my own curiosity about the “oil weapon,” and he especially challenged me to develop my ideas into a rigorous theory. Charlie Glaser, more than anyone else, shaped me into the scholar and teacher I am today. I could not have asked for a more brilliant and generous mentor. I am grateful for the numerous colleagues and friends who “red teamed”— and vastly improved—the ideas in this book, whether in workshops, at confer ences, over lunch, or all three (and then some). I especially thank Steve Biddle, Steve Brooks, Ahsan Butt, Dan Byman, Austin Carson, Jon Caverley, Jeff Colgan, Alex Downes, John Duffield, Melissa McAdam Ellison, Keren Fraiman, Gene Gerzhoy, Kelly Greenhill, Eric Hundman, Jenna Jordan, Inwook Kim, Peter Krause, Ned Lebow, Michael Levi, Chad Levinson, Jenny Lind, Julia Macdonald, Rich Maas, Victor McFarland, Emily Meierding, Jonathan Obert, Lindsey O’Rourke, John Owen, Sarah Parkinson, George Quester, Elizabeth Saunders, Sebastian Schmitt, John Schuessler, Josh Shifrinson, Matthias Staisch, Paul Stan iland, Caitlin Talmadge, Bill Wohlforth, and workshop participants at Chicago, Harvard, George Washington University, Dartmouth College, and MIT. Early excerpts of the book benefited greatly from feedback provided by discussants and audiences at the annual conferences of the American Political Science Asso ciation and the International Studies Association. While conducting research for this book, I received generous support from the Energy Initiative at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts at the University of Notre Dame, and my various academic homes over the past several years. I am especially grateful to Charlie Glaser, who gave me space to work on my own research while serving as the associate director of the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at George

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Washington University. I would also like to thank Charlie and the Elliott School of International Affairs at GW for sponsoring a book workshop on an early ver sion of the manuscript. My profuse gratitude goes to Bob Art, Dale Copeland, and Daryl Press, who provided detailed feedback and advice by graciously serving as discussants. My colleagues at Williams College, especially James McAllister and Sam Crane, were incredibly supportive of both my teaching and research. I could not have asked for a more welcoming, goodhearted environment. Finally, I would like to express my thanks to the University of Notre Dame and my colleagues at the Notre Dame International Security Center—Mike Desch, Dan Lindley, Sebastian Rosato, Joe Parent, Anieka Johnson, and Eugene Gholz—for helping me clear the final hump to complete the book. Mike Desch, in particular, offered me indispens able advice at the fiveyard line. I am indebted to my editor at Cornell University Press, Roger Haydon, for his penetrating insights and belief in the project, and to two anonymous reviewers whose thorough and constructive criticisms dramatically improved the book. I also thank Erin Davis, Lisa DeBoer, and the expert production team at Cornell for stellar work. This book contains material from my article, “The Petroleum Paradox: Oil, Coercive Vulnerability, and Great Power Behavior,” published inSecurity Studies, 25, no. 2 (April 2016), reproduced here with permission from Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. I am tremendously grateful to the close friends who guarded my sanity through the trying times of bookwriting, especially Mandy Burton, Ahsan Butt, Kristel Clayville, Amir Sean Fairdosi, Katharyn Hanson, Lindsey O’Rourke, Sarah Parkinson, and Jen White. I also thank my family, especially my parents, Mary Flummer and Tom Kelanic, for instilling in me a love of learning while letting me find my own way. Finally, I thank my husband, Eugene Gholz, for being my rock over the last eight years. His unwavering love and support encouraged me to keep going on days when completing the book felt impossible. I am grateful beyond what words can express. I dedicate this book to him. Errors of fact or interpretation, which I hope are few, are solely my own.

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