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Oil is the source of wealth and economic opportunity. Oil is also the root source of global conflict, toxicity and economic disparity. When did oil become such a powerful commodity-during, and in the immediate aftermath of, the First World War.
In his groundbreaking book The First World Oil War, Timothy C. Winegard argues that beginning with the First World War, oil became the preeminent commodity to safeguard national security and promote domestic prosperity. For the first time in history, territory was specifically conquered to possess oil fields and resources; vital cogs in the continuation of the industrialized warfare of the Twentieth Century.
This original and pioneering study analyzes the evolution of oil as a catalyst for both war and diplomacy, and connects the events of the First World War to contemporary petroleum geo-politics and international aggression.
Contents
Foreword by Sir Hew Strachan
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Author's Note: On Words
Introduction
Chapter 1: Oil and the Great Game
Chapter 2: Petroleum and Pipeline Politics
Chapter 3: The Last Crusade in the Middle East
Chapter 4: The Black Blood of Victory
Chapter 5: The Deployment of Dunsterforce
Chapter 6: Basra to Baghdad to Baku
Chapter 7: The Battle for Baku
Chapter 8: Peace and Petroleum
Chapter 9: Oil and the New Great Game
Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix: Petroleum Situation in the British Empire, Admiral Sir Edmond J.W. Slade, 29 July 1918.
Bibliography
Endnotes
Index
