Blood of the Earth: The Global Battle for the Vanishing Oil Resources
- ISBN-10
- 1842751956
- ISBN-13
- 9781842751954
- Series
- Blood of the Earth
- Category
- Energy policy
- Pages
- 424
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-01
- Publisher
- Politico's Publishing
- Author
- Dilip Hiro
Description
Changing the geopolitics of oil, China and India are expanding their navies as they become dependent on lines of oil tankers from the Middle East, posing the beginning of a challenge to American hegemony in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. The shortage of oil sets the stage for the coming oil wars of the 21st century.
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