The Asian Energy Factor: Myths and Dilemmas of Energy, Security and the Pacific Future - Hardcover

...a readable account that draws on both the alarmist and well-researched outpouring of literature in this area. It's both accessible to the informed layman and useful to the energy or foreign-policy specialist. "Far Eastern Economic Review"

An Asian specialist with various US government agencies, asserts a burgeoning energy demand in the continent, then analyzes the consequences of the new factor driving world markets and geopolitics. He denies that the world is running out of oil, that the Caspian Basin in the new Persian Gulf, that military conflict over energy in Asia is inevitable, and that disputes among Asian nations are fueled by resource competition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)