Fight for Oil: A Historical Perspective on American Oil Hegemony

Author: Jiang Hong
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: The main content of this book is the history of American oil hegemony, which refers to the United States leveraging its abundant domestic oil resources to pursue world dominance and implement "open door" and "gunboat diplomacy" to compete for cheap foreign oil. This is a significant feature of the United States' foreign expansion in the 20th century and an important part of this history. The book revolves around major events in the international oil sector over more than a century, primarily following the United States as the main thread and largely presented in chronological order. It covers American oil politics, oil diplomacy, oil economy, oil military, and oil wars. The main content of this book is the history of American oil hegemony, which refers to the United States leveraging its abundant domestic oil resources to pursue world dominance and implement "open door" and "gunboat diplomacy" to compete for cheap foreign oil. This is a significant feature of the United States' foreign expansion in the 20th century and an important part of this history. The book revolves around major events in the international oil sector over more than a century, primarily following the United States as the main thread and largely presented in chronological order.