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by Rosemary A. Kelanic

  • Narrated by: Colleen Patrick
  • Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
  • Release date: 06-26-20
  • Language: English

Black Gold and Blackmail seeks to explain why great powers adopt such different strategies to protect their oil access from politically motivated disruptions. In extreme cases, such as Imperial Japan in 1941, great powers fought wars to grab oil territory in anticipation of a potential embargo by the Allies; in other instances, such as Germany in the early Nazi period, states chose relatively subdued measures like oil alliances or domestic policies to conserve oil. What accounts for this variation? 

Rosemary A. Kelanic argues that two variables determine what strategy a great power will adopt: The petroleum deficit, which measures how much oil the state produces domestically compared to what it needs for its strategic objectives; and disruptibility, which estimates the susceptibility of a state’s oil imports to military interdiction – that is, blockade. Because global markets undercut the effectiveness of oil sanctions, blockade is in practice the only true threat to great power oil access. That, combined with the devastating consequences of oil deprivation to a state’s military power, explains why states fear oil coercion deeply despite the adaptive functions of the market.

Together, these two variables predict a state’s coercive vulnerability, which determines how willing the state will be to accept the costs and risks attendant on various potential strategies. Only those great powers with large deficits and highly disruptible imports will adopt the most extreme strategy: direct control of oil through territorial conquest..

The book is published by Cornell University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

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Author

Rosemary A. Kelanic

Language

English

Length

10 hrs and 27 mins

Narrated by

Colleen Patrick

Release date

06-26-20

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