文档介绍：F. William Engdahl A Century of War ANGLO-AMERICAN OIL POLITICS AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER Dr. Bottiger Verlags-GmbH F. William Engdahl A Century of War, Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order. Dr. Bottiger Verlags-GmbH Title of the German Edition: Mit der Olwaffe zur Weltmacht, der Weg zur neuen Weltordnung. ? Copyright 1992 by Dr. Bottiger Verlags-GmbH, All rights reserved. 1st English edition published 1993 Distribution in the USA and Canada by Paul & Company Publishers Consortium, Inc., Concord, Massachusetts Cover picture: On March 11, 1917 British troops mand of Major-General Stanley Maude capture Baghdad in a military expedition which drew forces away from the European theater at a critical moment in the war. Source: Bildarchiv Preuisischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin. Typesetting: Dinges & Frick, Wiesbaden Printing: Ebner Ulm Printed in Germany ISBN 3-925725-19-9 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreward: 7 1. The Three Pillars of the British Empire 8 - The Empire Needs a New Strategy 8 - Free Trade and the Sinews of British Power. 10 - Britain's "Informal Empire" 12 - The Great Depression of 1873 16 2. The Lines are Drawn: Germany and the Geopolitics of the "Great War" 20 - Germany's "Wirtschaftswunder". 20 - A Berlin bank panic. 23 - A Necessity of Ship and Rail Infrastructure. 25 3. A Global Fight for Control of Petroleum Begins 29 - A British Admiral sees beyond lamp oil 29 - D'Arcy captures the secret of the burning rocks 30 - The rail from Berlin to Baghdad 32 - The new Dreadnaughts 36 - Sir Edward Grey's fateful Paris 37 - Fashoda, Witte, Great Projects and Great Mistakes 38 4. Oil es the Weapon, the Near East the Battleground 45 - A bankrupt Britain goes to war 45 - Oil in the Great War 47 - England's Secret Eastern War 50 - Arthur Balfour's strange letter to Lord Rothschild 54 - Balfour backs the new concept of Empire. 55 5. Combined & Conflicting Goals: . rivals Britain 60 - Morgan finances the British war 60 - New York Banks challenge City of London 65 - E