Geography 1400F/G Lecture 13: 13 Lecture 04/11/2015
16 Feb 2016
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The geopolitics of oil and global militarism, 2. Oil was a massive aspect of the rival growth between these nations. From largely feudal agrarian society to massive industrialization in 1 generation. A lot of the energy ellipse" was taken over by the ussr in order to extract oil from its reserves. Iran was a played a crucial part of the history of geopolitics of oil. Iran had a secular democracy in the 1950s. In short, immense geopolitical importance was the middle east. Venezuela was similar to the middle east in geopolitics of oil. Perhaps was a trigger of middle east geopolitical unrest. Some success emulating (e. g. kuwait, saudi, iraq) Britain and the us were rejected by iran for 50. 50 terms. Even though many over countries had accepted them. All the shah"s men by stephen kinzer. Us: great fear of iraqi assertiveness (central, populous, 2nd largest oil reserves) Because iran becomes enemy of the us when the shah comes to power.
