Blood for Oil?

Blood for Oil?
Boal, Iain and Clark, T. J. and Matthews, Joseph and Watts, Michael. (2005). London Review of Books. Vol. 27. No. 8. 21 April. (Review; English).

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Abstract or Brief Description

In this article, authors Boal, Clark, Matthews and Watts advance a supposedly new explanation for the wars in the Middle East.

Much of their explanation – including both theory and fact – is plagiarized. It is cut and pasted, almost ‘as is,’ from Nitzan and Bichler’s work. The primary source is ‘The Weapondollar-Petrodollar Coalition,’ a 71 page chapter in THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ISRAEL (Pluto 2002). The authors also seem inspired, incognito, by Nitzan and Bichler’s more recent papers, including ‘It’s All About Oil’ (2003), ‘Clash of Civilization or Capital Accumulation?’ (2004), ‘Beyond Neoliberalism’ (2004) and ‘Dominant Capital and the New Wars’ (2004).

For a detailed analysis of this plagiarism and the larger reasons behind it, see Nitzan and Bichler (2005) “The Scientist and the Church” (for a direct link, click on the Commentary/Response Thread at the bottom of this page).

Language

English

Publication Type

Review

Keywords

Arms exports capital conflict inflation Iraq Middle East oil scarcity United States war

Subject

BN War & Peace
BN Conflict & Violence
BN State & Government
BN Region - Middle East
BN Agency
BN Hegemony
BN International & Global
BN Power
BN Region - North America
BN Business Enterprise
BN Capital & Accumulation
BN Policy
BN Value & Price
BN Crisis

ID Code

168

Deposited On

26 July 2007

Commentary/Response Threads

• Nitzan, Jonathan and Bichler, Shimshon. The Global Political Economy of Israel. (deposited 30 November 2010)
  • Starman, Hannah. Review of Nitzan and Bichler’s "The Global Political Economy of Israel". (deposited 14 June 2007)
  • Tzfadia, Erez. Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "The Global Political Economy of Israel". (deposited 19 June 2007)
  • Bouillon, Markus R.. Forget the New Historians. Here are the Real Revisionists (Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "The Global Political Economy of Israel"). (deposited 14 June 2007)
  • Kimmerling, Baruch. Revisionist Economics. Review of Bichler and Nitzan's "The Global Political Economy of Israel". (deposited 14 June 2007)
    • Bichler, Shimshon and Nitzan, Jonathan. We Said It All Along. Reply to Baruch Kimmerling's Review of "The Global Political Economy of Israel". (deposited 14 June 2007)
  • Gee, John. New Perspective. Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "The Global Political Economy of Israel". (deposited 12 June 2007)
  • Butko, Thomas J.. The Global Political Economy of Israel (Book Review). (deposited 14 June 2007)
  • Plaut, Steven. The Global Political Economy of Israel (Book Review) . (deposited 12 June 2007)
  • Plessner, Yakir. The Global Political Economy of Israel (Book Review). (deposited 12 June 2007)
  • Wilson, Rodney. The Global Political Economy of Israel (Book Review). (deposited 14 June 2007)
  • Selby, Jan. Post-Zionist Perspectives on Contemporary Israel. (deposited 25 June 2007)
  • Boal, Iain and Clark, T. J. and Matthews, Joseph and Watts, Michael. Blood for Oil?. (deposited 26 July 2007) [Currently Displayed]
    • Nitzan, Jonathan and Bichler, Shimshon. The Scientist and the Church. (deposited 04 February 2007)
      • Machover, Moshé. Letter to Bichler and Nitzan: points of agreement and disagreement on the labour theory of value and on power. (deposited 10 August 2005)
    • Bichler, Shimshon and Nitzan, Jonathan. Imperialism and Plagiarism. (deposited 21 May 2006)
      • Wrubel, Robert. Plagiarism, Expropriation, and Commercialism (Letter to the Editor). (deposited 10 August 2006)
  • Colorful, Adjective. Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "The Global Political Economy of Israel". (deposited 25 June 2007)
  • Watzal, Ludwig. Nahostkonflikt als Spiegel der Weltwirtschaft (Review of "The Global Political Economy of Israel"). (deposited 12 June 2007)
  • Malm, Andreas. Blod för Olja? ('Blood for Oil?' Review of The Global Political Economy of Israel). (deposited 14 June 2007)
  • Hanieh, Adam. Global Capitalism and Israel (Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "The Global Political Economy of Israel") . (deposited 12 June 2007)