The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies 0865714827, 9780865714823

The Party's Over - Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies [2nd ed.] 0865715297, 9780865715295

The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will pe

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War Dead: Western societies and the casualties of war 9781474465625

Wars in the industrial age kill large numbers of people. What do societies involved in these conflicts do with all the c

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Societies Beyond Oil: Oil Dregs and Social Futures 9781350222656, 9781780321684

What would a de-carbonised society be like? What are the implications of a general de-globalisation for our social futur

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Industrial Societies 0043013023, 9780043013021

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Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America 9780812292022

Beyond Rust is among the first books of its kind to continue past the collapse of American manufacturing in the 1980s by

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War and the World: Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000 9780300147698

In this brilliant history of warfare, Jeremy Black is the first to approach the entire modern era from a comprehensive g

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Oil, the Arab-Israel Dispute, and the Industrial World: Horizons of Crisis 0429697171, 9780429697173

This book is the product of a multinational project, sponsored by the Middle East Institute of Columbia University in co

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The First World Oil War 9781487511708

This original and pioneering study analyzes the evolution of oil as a catalyst for both war and diplomacy, and connects

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Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 9780307425393

In this engrossing narrative of the great military conflagration of the mid-eighteenth century, Fred Anderson transports

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The War State: The Cold War Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex 9781484080764

Today when you factor in the interest on the national debt from past wars and total defense expenditures the United Stat

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