| Description |
1 online resource (16 pages) |
| Series |
Energy report (Council on Foreign Relations) |
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Energy report (Council on Foreign Relations)
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| Summary |
In the past, conventional militaries were plagued by wartime oil shortages that severely undermined their battlefield effectiveness. But could oil shortages threaten military effectiveness in a large-scale conventional conflict today or in the future? Observers commonly assume that the amount of oil consumed today for military purposes is small compared to production and civilian demand, and thus that wartime shortages are unlikely. But this assumption has not been subject to rigorous evaluation in the unclassified literature. In this Energy Report, Rosemary Kelanic argues that it is flawed. This paper analyzes a specific conflict scenario, an air war between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan (also known as the Republic of China or ROC), to enhance broader knowledge about fuel requirements in wartime |
| Notes |
"October 2013." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-16) |
| Notes |
"This report is made possible through the generous support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation." |
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Online resource; title from PDF cover page (CFR, viewed November 22, 2013) |
| Subject |
Petroleum industry and trade -- Military aspects
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War -- Forecasting
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Military aspects.
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War -- Forecasting.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Fuel supplies
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Taiwan -- Fuel supplies
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| Subject |
China.
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Taiwan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Council on Foreign Relations, issuing body.
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