Oil Crusades

Oil is the lifeblood of modern economics. It is the precious resource at the heart of empire-building, from the British empire to the American empire today and underpins the world''s financial markets. But seventy per cent of the world''s oil supplies lie under the sands of the Middle East, which begs the question: did the US invade Iraq to grab Iraq''s oil?

Written by an influential oil consultan...