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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: denizen48 who wrote (1553443)10/8/2025 2:36:22 AM
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<<we had to read the guns of August>>

A respected book. It doesn't talk about oil though, does it?

<<Oil became an important element in military power in the decade before World War I when the navies of the great powers, led by Great Britain and the United States, began to switch from coal to oil as their source of power.>>

Oil and world power - Oil

An historical perspective projected in comedic form here...



So were the military of the various combatant Nations concerned about access to large Oil Reserves prior to WW1? Britain projected it's power mainly through it's Navy.

I think most of us have seen, just in recent years, how narratives can be bent to to suit a given outlook.

wmd, Iran, etc.
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