There Will Be Blood: Political Violence, Regional Warfare, and the Risk of Great-Power Conflict over Contested Energy Sources

Energy Security Challenges for the 21st Century: A Reference Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 44-65

  Klare, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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