The following chapters are independent essays written in April and May 2016, and they can be read in any order.
The wars for the global resources of oil and natural gas are the topic of most essays. To a large extent, the wars of the 20th and 21st centuries were the result of energy rich countries competing to secure their exports, or the result of energy poor countries competing to secure their access to energy resources.
Many episodes of the energy wars of the 20th and 21st centuries are described in the following essays.
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