Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1991. Includes bibliographical references (p. [795]-881) and index.
Summary:
Follows the historic role of oil from the first oil well in Pennsylvania to the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War and comments on how the natural resource shaped the entire world economy and international politics in the last century.
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