Red Gas [electronic resource] : Russia and the Origins of European Energy Dependence /
Högselius, P.author.
This book applies a systems and risk perspective on international energy relations, author Per Högselius investigates how and why governments, businesses, engineers and other actors sought to promote - and oppose- the establishment of an extensive East-West natural gas regime that seemed to overthrow the fundamental logic of the Cold War.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Before Siberia: the rise of the Soviet natural gas industry -- Toward an export strategy -- Austria: the pioneer -- Bavaria's quest for energy independence -- From contract to flow: the Soviet-Austrian experience -- Willy Brandt: natural gas as Ostpolitik -- Constructing the export infrastructure -- Trusting the enemy: importing Soviet gas in practice -- Scale up or phase out? -- From Soviet to Russian natural gas -- Conclusion.
This book applies a systems and risk perspective on international energy relations, author Per Högselius investigates how and why governments, businesses, engineers and other actors sought to promote - and oppose- the establishment of an extensive East-West natural gas regime that seemed to overthrow the fundamental logic of the Cold War.
Europe-History.
History, Modern.
World history.
History.
Russia-History.
Europe, Eastern-History.
Social history.
European History.
Modern History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
History of Science.
Russian, Soviet, and East European History.
Social History.