Timothy C. Winegard holds a PhD. from the University of Oxford. He served nine years as an officer in the Canadian and British Forces. Dr. Winegard teaches history and political science at Colorado Mesa University.Sir Hew Strachan FRSE is Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He was Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford from 2002 to 2015.

‘Exceptionally and impressively well written, The First World Oil War is highly recommended for both academia and non-specialist general readers.’- John Taylor (Midwest Book Review, December 2016) "Timothy C. Winegard looks at how, since the First World War, the oil industry has become a catalyst for both war and diplomacy in The First World Oil War." (Quill and Quire) ‘This is an important contribution to First world War history and is recommended for interested readers as well as undergraduate and graduate audiences.’- Corbin Williamson (Canadian Military History vol 27:01:2018)

• Foreword by Sir Hew StrachanAcknowledgementsList of TablesList of IllustrationsAuthor’s Note: On WordsIntroductionChapter 1: Oil and the Great GameChapter 2: Petroleum and Pipeline PoliticsChapter 3: The Last Crusade in the Middle EastChapter 4: The Black Blood of VictoryChapter 5: The Deployment of DunsterforceChapter 6: Basra to Baghdad to BakuChapter 7: The Battle for BakuChapter 8: Peace and PetroleumChapter 9: Oil and the New Great GameConclusionEpilogueAppendix: Petroleum Situation in the British Empire, Admiral Sir Edmond J.W. Slade, 29 July 1918. BibliographyEndnotesIndex

Timothy C. Winegard holds a PhD. from the University of Oxford. He served nine years as an officer in the Canadian and British Forces. Dr. Winegard teaches history and political science at Colorado Mesa University.Sir Hew Strachan FRSE is Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He was Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford from 2002 to 2015.

‘Exceptionally and impressively well written, The First World Oil War is highly recommended for both academia and non-specialist general readers.’- John Taylor (Midwest Book Review, December 2016) "Timothy C. Winegard looks at how, since the First World War, the oil industry has become a catalyst for both war and diplomacy in The First World Oil War." (Quill and Quire) ‘This is an important contribution to First world War history and is recommended for interested readers as well as undergraduate and graduate audiences.’- Corbin Williamson (Canadian Military History vol 27:01:2018)

• Foreword by Sir Hew StrachanAcknowledgementsList of TablesList of IllustrationsAuthor’s Note: On WordsIntroductionChapter 1: Oil and the Great GameChapter 2: Petroleum and Pipeline PoliticsChapter 3: The Last Crusade in the Middle EastChapter 4: The Black Blood of VictoryChapter 5: The Deployment of DunsterforceChapter 6: Basra to Baghdad to BakuChapter 7: The Battle for BakuChapter 8: Peace and PetroleumChapter 9: Oil and the New Great GameConclusionEpilogueAppendix: Petroleum Situation in the British Empire, Admiral Sir Edmond J.W. Slade, 29 July 1918. BibliographyEndnotesIndex