Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of Resources

by Philippe Le Billon

Book Overview

From Angola and Liberia to Iraq and the Congo, wars have taken place in resource rich countries full of poor people. In Wars of Plunder Philippe Le Billon explores how resources have shaped recent conflicts, and what the international community has tried to do about it. Focusing on key resources-oil, diamonds, and timber-he argues that resources and wars are linked in three main ways. First, resource revenues finance belligerents, a trend that has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199333467
• ISBN13: 9780199333462
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"