The geopolitics of oil extraction and how to end it
Lily357 is active as ever - providing three very helpful reminders on essential parts of geopolitical history. I will try to pick out major points as an appetizer - you should read all three! Middle East under UK/US control Her latest trilogy starts out with the story of how Britain took control of the Middle East oil in the wake of the collapse of the Ottoman empire. The British Navy switched from coal to oil by 1914....