Oil and the Origins of the Great War

History Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2041-2060

  Engdahl, F William ^a  

^a RHEINMAIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 85046274859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14780542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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