We fight for oil: a history of U.S. petroleum wars

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"We Fight For Oil is a history of American involvement in the struggle to secure oil supplies that began when US troops invaded Mexico. All wars are economic in origin, no matter how they may be dressed up for public consumption."--Publisher website.;Petroleum industry's quest for oil -- A vision of oil fired warships : Sir Edward Grey foments WWI -- Britain acquires leverage in Persian oil -- Imperial Britain and U.S. strong-arm diplomacy -- Unheard of new doctrine : Mexico under the gun -- Oil, not WMDs ignites invasion of Iraq -- Transition to barbarism -- Phantom WMDs -- Naked imperialism at work -- Dr. Mossadegh battles the cartel -- Enrico Mattei takes on the Seven Sisters oil cartel -- Royal Dutch Shell -- John D. Rockefeller, the Nobel brothers, Russia -- Nixon closes gold window -- Senator Sparkman lashes out at Rockefeller's oil empire -- Kuwait created from stolen Iraqi land -- John D. complains to the State Dept., Britain invades Iraq -- Environment loses Alaska to oil -- Libyan oil and the bombing of Pan Am 103 -- A story that needs telling -- Reformation and a look at history -- NATO violates its charter by going out of theater -- Russia takes on the Seven Sisters -- Venezuela comes into the equation -- America cannot go on fighting oil wars indefinitely.