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Resources and Strategy

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Ian O. Lesser

    1. The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Developments to 1945

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xi-xi
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    2. Introduction

      • Ian O. Lesser
      Pages 1-7

    3. Resources and Strategy to 1914

      • Ian O. Lesser
      Pages 8-29

    4. Resource Access and Denial in World War I

      • Ian O. Lesser
      Pages 30-46

    5. Resource Access and Denial in World War II

      • Ian O. Lesser
      Pages 47-93

  3. Developments Since 1945: Resources and Strategy in the Nuclear Age

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Resource Issues and Strategic Planning, 1945–73

      • Ian O. Lesser
      Pages 97-121

    3. Oil and Strategic Planning Since 1973

      • Ian O. Lesser
      Pages 122-146

    4. Strategic Minerals Revisited

      • Ian O. Lesser
      Pages 147-157

    5. Resource Issues and the East-West Strategic Relationship

      • Ian O. Lesser
      Pages 158-177

    6. Contemporary Issues in Historical Perspective

      • Ian O. Lesser
      Pages 178-185

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 186-240
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This study aims to show that current thinking about the role of resources in war, and as a component of military potential in peacetime, relies on notions derived from historical experience and changes in the nature of warfare, not least the advent of nuclear weapons.

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  • The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, USA

    Ian O. Lesser

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