Oil and the World (with dust jacket)

People have feared oil since ancient times — attributing infernal qualities to it, associating it with hell and unclean forces.

However, in the mid-19th century, everything changed: “black gold” became a symbol of wealth, progress, power, and unimaginable possibilities.

In the first book of the two-volume work “Oil and the World,” political scientist Leonid Krutakov tells the story of a domination project that was first implemented on the scale of one country and then embraced the entire planet.