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More than that, the book begins in the mid 19th century, to explain the discovery of oil as a source of superior fuels for the modern industrial world, which th
by riazrizvi 4y ago
More than that, the book begins in the mid 19th century, to explain the discovery of oil as a source of superior fuels for the modern industrial world, which then became heavily dependent on acquiring it to maintain economic dominance. That securing control of oil rich territories was the main strategic goal of both World Wars. At least that’s what I took from the book.
- dredmorbius 4y agoRight. It opens in 1854 discussing the prelude to what would be the first successful petroleum well in the U.S. at Oil Creek, near Titusville, PA, by Col. Edwin Drake, completed in 1869. Europe had already been drilling and refining oil in Silesia for a decade or more by the time of Drake's well.
- dotancohen 4y agoOf all the theories proposed as to why Nazi Germany attacked on the Soviet front, securing oil is the only one that ever made sense to me.