Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wani bincike na 2016 ya yi jayayya cewa yaƙe-yaƙe na man fetur ya kasance babban labari ne. Ya yi jayayya cewa masu goyon bayan yaƙe-yaƙe na man fetur suna raina ikon kwace da amfani da filayen mai na ƙasashen waje, don haka suna ƙara girman darajar yaƙe-yaƙe na mai. Binciken ya bincika lokuta huɗu da aka saba da su a matsayin yaƙe-yaƙe na mai (harin Japan a kan Dutch East Indies a Yaƙin Duniya na II, mamayewar Iraki
na Kuwait, yakin Iran-Irak, da kuma Chaco War tsakanin Bolivia da Paraguay), gano cewa iko da karin albarkatun man fetur ba shine babban dalilin tashin hankali a cikin rikice-rikice ba.