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Description

1. xxii, 385 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

1. "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."--
2. "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."--

Subject

1. Petroleum industry and trade > Military aspects
2. Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects
3. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Causes
4. 1900-1999
5. War > Causes
6. Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect militaire > Histoire > 20e siècle
7. World politics > 20th century
8. World War, 1914-1918 > Causes
9. History
10. Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect politique > Histoire > 20e siècle
11. Petroleum industry and trade > Military aspects > History > 20th century
12. World War (1914-1918)
13. Politique mondiale > 20e siècle
14. Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. JFE 17-7007

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-366) and index.

Author

1. Winegard, Timothy C. (Timothy Charles), 1977- author.

Title

1. The first world oil war / Timothy C. Winegard ; with a foreword by Sir Hew Strachan.

Publisher

1. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2016]

Copyright date

1. ©2016

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-366) and index.

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

LCCN

1. 2016498150

ISBN

1. 9781487500733 (cloth ; alk. paper)
2. 1487500734 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 17-7007