Oil, US empire, and the Middle East -- The road to the oil shock -- Pursuing petrodollar interdependence -- The triangle to the Nile -- The petrodollar economy -- Visions of petrodollar promise and peril -- Reform and revolt -- Revolution and invasions -- Recoveries and crises -- End of an era.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. THE ROAD TO SPINDLETOP -- 2. THE FIRST GREAT BOOM -- 3. AFTER THE BOOM -- 4. OILY WATER AND BLACK GOLD -- 5. THE RISING TIDE OF OIL -- 6. OIL IN COW COUNTRY -- 7. THE COLOSSUS OF TEXAS BOOMS -- 8. SURVIVAL AND GROWTH -- 9. TEXAS OIL GOES TO WAR -- NOTES -- 1....