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New Book Charts Oil's Role in Shaping Global Power

Original: 📚️ 🛢️ Oil Wars: The Struggle for Control that has Shaped the Modern World "Looking at the global picture—including Vietn

A new book by Guy Laron, 'Oil Wars: The Struggle for Control that has Shaped the Modern World', examines how control of oil and gas has driven political power from the First World War through the Cold War to today's crises. The account takes a global view, covering episodes in Vietnam, India and Egypt alongside the better-known Western energy struggles.

Why now: Ongoing interest in energy security and geopolitics has renewed attention on histories linking oil to global conflict

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• 📚️ 🛢️ Oil Wars: The Struggle for Control that has Shaped the Modern World "Looking at the global picture—including Vietnam, India, and Egypt—Guy Laron charts the connection between oil, gas, and political power from the First World War through the Cold War to the crises of… · bibliolater@vivaldi.net · 4

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