The first world oil war / Timothy C. Winegard ; with a foreword by Sir Hew Strachan.
By: Winegard, Timothy C. (Timothy Charles) [author.]
.Publisher: Toronto ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016Description: xxii, 385 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits.Content type: text | still image | cartographic material Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781487500733.Subject(s): Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects | Petroleum industry and trade -- Military aspects -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1914-1918 | World politics -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 338.27282 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 338.27282 WIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 013826 |
Oil and the great game -- Petroleum and pipeline politics -- The last crusade in the Middle East -- The black blood of victory -- The deployment of Dunsterforce -- Basra to Baghdad to Baku -- The battle for Baku -- Peace and petroleum -- Oil and the new great game.
"Oil is the source of wealth and economic opportunity. Oil is also the root source of global conflict, toxicity and economic disparity. 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."-- Provided by publisher.