Energy Politics [With Bookmark]

by Brenda Shaffer

Book Overview

It is not uncommon to hear states and their leaders criticized for "mixing oil and politics." The U.S.-led Iraq War was criticized as a "war for oil." When energy exporters overtly use energy as a tool to promote their foreign policy goals, Europe and the United States regularly decry the use of energy as a "weapon" rather than accept it as a standard and legitimate tool of diplomacy.

In Energy Politics, Brenda Shaffer argues that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812221664
• ISBN13: 9780812221664
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"