World oil fact and policy : the case for a sound American petroleum policy

"This rare book was originally published in 1944 and delivers a deep exploration and painstakingly skilled study of domestic and foreign petroleum reserves and resources - and their significance to United States energy policy in a post-war world order. The authors meticulously make the case that World War II was a war by and for oil; that oil prospects in Alaska, if realized, could reduce reliance on foreign reserves; and that oil shortage scares are based on estimates of proved reserves and not actual reserves or resources. World Oil Fact and Policy is a must-have addition to any archive and a must-read adjunct for any academic, historian, industrialist, technologist, or politician. Read it right now and share it with others - the rich research is as predictive and profound today as it was practically a century ago. David Ice remarkably received a copy of this original work from an eminent gentleman who, decades ago, befriended and mentored the writer and expressed a desire to make this obscure book available to the reading public once in the public domain. This modest writer is his duty-bound editor, and emissary, eager to both bridge and bind generations past, present, and future."