Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Maps ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Blood and Oil 1
6. 1. From Value to Violence: Connecting Oil and War 10
7. 2. Explaining the Oil Wars Myth: Mad Max and El Dorado 22
8. 3. Why Classic Oil Wars Do Not Pay 40
9. 4. Searching for Classic Oil Wars 61
10. 5. Red Herrings: The Chaco and Iran–Iraq Wars 81
11. 6. Oil Spats: The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Dispute 104
12. 7. Oil Campaigns: World War II 117
13. 8. Oil Gambit: Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait 144
14. Conclusion: Petro-Myths and Petro-Realities 166
15. Notes 175
16. Index 227