Fischer, Louis

New York. 1926. International Publishers. 1st Edition. Bookplate in Front, Otherwise Very Good. No Dustjacket. 256 pages. hardcover. keywords: Oil Imperialism Politics History. FROM THE PUBLISHER - FROM THE INTRODUCTION - ‘The best proof of the importance of Russian oil is the efforts of the Powers and the powerful oil trusts to get hold of it. If the petroleum resources of Mosul first shape military campaigns in the World War, then precipitate a serious diplomatic crisis between the United States and Great Britain, and subsequently almost involve Turkey and England in active hostilities despite the fact that their extent is still unknown and that one London expert has volunteered to drink all the oil that is discovered there, it is not difficult to imagine the lengths to which nations and oil magnates would go in order to acquire the petroliferous lands of Baku, Grosni, Emba and Maikop in Russia - lands which contain as much oil as will be found anywhere under a single national flag. Oil has fomented revolutions in Mexico, unseated a series of presidents in that republic, and brought hostile armies to and across its borders. Yet there is more petroleum in the Caucasus than in Mexico. Persian cabinets have fallen, Persian parliaments have been dissolved, an American consul has been killed, loans have been refused, State Departments have grown green with anger, on account of the North Persian oil-fields where not a single barrel of liquid has been minded. How much more diplomatic commotion, financial maneuvering, political disturbance, military activities, and loss of life must the oil kings feel themselves justified in causing for the sake of the Russia oil-fields which have been producing for more than a century and whose underground stocks are surpassed by those of no country, not even the United States.' inventory #27008