Tag Archives: Standard Oil

America’s Bismarck: How Lincoln Created Industrial America

By , January 17, 2013 in Globalist Bookshelf

Do Americans — who have a conflicted attitude toward government — realize the economic power that Abraham Lincoln wielded?

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Britain’s Legacy in the Middle East: Iraq’s Oil

By , February 24, 2012 in Globalist Bookshelf

How has British and U.S. desire to control Iraqi oil shaped the country’s recent history?

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