Author: Caroe, Olaf
Title: Wells Of Power - The Oilfields Of South Western Asia, A Regional And Global Study
Description: Macmillan & Co, 1951, 1st edition. Cloth, VG. xx+240pp, 4 maps of which 3 are folding, index, edges a little rubbed & bumped, endpapers yellowed. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A study of the political & military value of the Middle Eastern oilfields & their strategic importance during the Cold War. Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Kruuse Caroe [ 1892 - 1981 ] administrator in British India who upon retirement became a strategist of the Great Game and the Cold War on the southern periphery of the Soviet Union. His ideas are believed to have been highly influential in shaping the post-War policies of Britain and the United States.

Keywords: cold war, middle east, politics, great game, oil