The First World Oil War
- ISBN-10
- 1487500734
- ISBN-13
- 9781487500733
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 385
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Author
- Timothy C. Winegard
Description
"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."--
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