A CENTURY OF WAR - F. William Engdahl

This is no ordinary book on the history of oil. This is an unusual story of how some powerful financial circles established the power of oil as a cold calculated weapon in their arsenal of world political power. Already at the time of the outbreak of the First World War, England was in the narrow leading circle of those who intended to gain control over the known deposits of this new 'black gold'. On the basis of oil, the 'special relations' between Britain and the United States of America, established after the Versailles Peace Conference of 1919, were established. These two countries combined the power of oil and international finance into one of the most destructive forms of political hegemony in world history. The book reveals the way in which the Anglo-American 'new world order' was shaped around the invisible threads of strategic control over oil and raw materials. The book also reveals shocking and previously unknown details about a secret meeting in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden in 1973, where a proposal was made to raise the price of oil by 400% to shore up the shaky dollar empire. The author sheds light on the role of oil policy in the establishment of the new post-war 'informal empire' of neocolonialism, thus providing a provocative overview of the history of the last hundred years, while at the same time successfully avoiding the usual clichés of 'right' and 'left'.

Publisher: "DR. BOTTIGER VERLAG" Wiesbaden BRD, 1993. Paperback, 282 pages. Subtitle of the book: Anglo-American Oil Policy and the New World Order. Dimensions: 19 x 13,5 cm. The book is brand new and has not been used. From the bookstore shelf.
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