Leif Wenar holds the Chair of Philosophy and Law at King's College London. He earned his degrees in Philosophy from Stanford and from Harvard, where he worked with John Rawls and with Robert Nozick. He has been a Visiting Professor at Princeton and at Stanford, and has been a Fellow of the Carnegie Council Program in Justice and the World Economy.

• IntroductionNeed to Know Basis: The Facts about Resources, the Oil Companies and the Oil CountriesSummary of the Book Part I. Them vs. ThemChapter 1. Addicted to MoneyChapter 2. Power: What Big Men WantChapter 3. Coercion, Corruption...Chapter 4. ...Then Maybe Blood Part II. Them vs. Us vs. UsChapter 5. Might Makes RightChapter 6. Curses on Us: Petrocrats, Terrorists and ConflictChapter 7. How Might Makes RightChapter 8. Gripping Dirty Hands Part III. The People's RightsChapter 9. Counter-PowerChapter 10. The Determination of PeoplesChapter 11. Popular Resource SovereigntyChapter 12. The State of the LawChapter 13. Popular PhilosophyChapter 14. Our Corruption: Why Leaders Must Lie Part IV. Clean TradeChapter 15. Principles for ActionChapter 16. Clean Trade Policy I: Protecting PropertyChapter 17. Clean Trade Policy II: Supporting Accountability Part V. All UnitedChapter 18. The Future Epilogue. The Philosophy of Unity NotesReferencesIndex

Philosophers rarely write big books that could change the world, but Blood Oil is such a book. Wenar does not shy away from the horrific consequences of current trade practices, nor from the philosophical arguments needed to show that this trade rests on ethically indefensible assumptions. Yet instead of leaving us to despair, he offers realistic ways of bringing about change that would make the world a better and fairer place."