This is a book about the international oil market. It takes a historical perspective on how the market emerged, developed, and became what it is today—the biggest commodity market in the world. It is mature and complex, but far from perfect. Throughout most of its 150-year history, the oil...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Oil, Policy and Market Power -- Chapter 3: Looking at the Mirror: Early Days of the Oil Markets in the United States -- Chapter 4: From Competition to Monopoly -- Chapter 5: From Monopoly to Competition (Oil Markets Going Global) -- Chapter 6: Governments...

Introduction -- A Primer on the Oil Industry -- The Legacy of Oil: 1858-2000 -- The Oil Market, 2000-2014: Rising Prices and the Perils of Profit -- The Politics, Geopolitics, and Global Governance of Oil: 2000-2014 -- The Politics and Markets of a Price Fall: 2014-2019 -- 2020 and Beyond: Oil...

"Oil, Power, and War is a sweeping, unabashed history of oil, told by French journalist Matthieu Auzanneau. It provides a detailed account of the people and events that drove the oil industry from its earliest days, and takes a critical look at the way oil interests have commandeered politics...