It takes the average reader 4 hours and 52 minutes to read The Geopolitics of Resource Wars by Philippe Le Billon
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This new book provides fresh and in-depth perspectives on so-called 'resource wars'. Highlighting the multiple forms of violence accompanying the history of resources exploitation, business practices supporting predatory regimes, insurgent groups and terrorists, this is an authoritative guide to the struggle for control of the world's resources. It includes key conceptual chapters and covers a wide range of case studies including: * the geopolitics of oil control in the Middle East, Central Asia and Columbia, * spaces of governance and 'petro-violence' in Nigeria * 'blood diamonds' and other minerals associated with conflicts in Sierra Leone and the Congo. This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Geopolitics.
The Geopolitics of Resource Wars by Philippe Le Billon is 291 pages long, and a total of 73,041 words.
This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 39 minutes to read The Geopolitics of Resource Wars aloud.
The Geopolitics of Resource Wars is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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