A Century of War

This book is a gripping account of the murky world of the international oil industry and its role in world politics. Scandals about oil are familiar to most of us. From George W. Bush's election victory to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, US politics and oil enjoy a controversially close relationship.

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Foreword; 1. The Three Pillars of the British Empire; 2. The Lines are Drawn: Germany and the Geopolitics of the Great War. 3. A Global Fight for Control of Petroleum Begins. 4. Oil Becomes the Weapon, the Near East the Battleground. 5. Combined & Conflicting Goals: U.S. rivals Britain; 6. The Anglo-Americans Close Ranks; 7. Oil and a New World Order of Bretton Woods. 8. A Sterling Crisis and the Adenauer-de Gaulie Threat. 9. Running the world economy in reverse: Who made the 1970's oil shocks? 10. Europe, Japan and a response to the oil shock; 11. Imposing the New World Order; 12. From Evil Empire to the Axis of Evil; 13. A new millennium for oil geopolitics; Appendices; Index of names