Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes on Useage; PART ONE: FROM CRADLE TO CROSSROADS; Chapter 1. Have a Good Day; Chapter 2. The Cradle of Commerce; Chapter 3. Robbing the Cradle; Chapter 4. Three Ottoman Provinces; Chapter 5. The Sick Man; PART TWO: FUMES; Chapter 6. Oil; Chapter 7. Racing for Monopoly; Chapter 8. Mr. Five Percent; Chapter 9. Fuel and Fuse; PART THREE: WAR AND PETROPOLITICS; Chapter 10. Invasion; Chapter 11. The Proclamation; Chapter 12. Chaos and Conquest; Chapter 13. The Undeclared Country; Chapter 14. Jihad Against Britain; Chapter 15. The Red Line; PART FOUR: THE CONTINUING CONFLICT; Chapter 16. The Nazi Intersection; Chapter 17. The Price of Prejudice; Chapter 18. The Three Gulfs; Notes; Major Sources; Index.

About the Author

EDWIN BLACK is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of IBM and the Holocaust, The Transfer Agreement, and War Against the Weak. His journalism has appeared in the Washington Post, Newsday, the Village Voice, the Sunday Times (of London), and the Los Angeles Times, as well as in leading magazines such as American Bar Association Journal, American Lawyer, and Der Spiegel (Germany). Black has won numerous awards for distinguished journalism, including the Carl Sandburg Award, three Rockower Awards, and two awards from the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Reviews

"...undeniably fascinating material." (Publishers Weekly, October 4, 2004)