Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- CHARTS -- FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION -- I. COSTS OF OPERATION OF CRUDE OIL TRUNK LINES -- II. PETROLEUM INDUSTRY STRUCTURE -- III. THE CONTROVERSY OVER CRUDE OIL PIPE LINES -- IV. PUBLIC POLICY TOWARD CRUDE OIL PIPE LINES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND...

The global history of oil politics, from World War I to the present, can teach us much about world politics, climate change, and international order in the twenty-first century. When and why does international order change? The largest peaceful transfer of wealth across borders in all of human...