Table of Contents
   List of MapPrologue
   The Founders
      Oil on the Brain: The Beginning
      ""Our Plan""
      Competitive Commerce
      The New Century
      The Dragon Slain
      The Oil Wars: The Rise of Royal Dutch, the Fall of Imperial Russia
      ""Beer and Skittles"" in Persia
      The Fateful Plunge
   The Global Struggle
      The Blood of Victory: World War I
      Opening the Door on the Middle East: The