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. 

Foreword by Sir Hew Strachan

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

List of Illustrations

Author’s Note: On Words

Introduction

Chapter 1: Oil and the Great Game

Chapter 2: Petroleum and Pipeline Politics

Chapter 3: The Last Crusade in the Middle East

Chapter 4: The Black Blood of Victory

Chapter 5: The Deployment of Dunsterforce

Chapter 6: Basra to Baghdad to Baku

Chapter 7: The Battle for Baku

Chapter 8: Peace and Petroleum

Chapter 9: Oil and the New Great Game

Conclusion

Epilogue

Appendix: Petroleum Situation in the British Empire, Admiral Sir Edmond J.W. Slade, 29 July 1918. 

Bibliography

Endnotes

Index

By Timothy Winegard
Foreword by Sir Hew Strachan