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A Century of War AngloAmerican Oil Politics and the New World Order William F Engdahl 9781615774920 Books Reviews

• there are many excellent reviews written already. i am entering my 2 cents worth only so i might add one more 5-star rating to the list. when you read this book it will literally change your life. your understanding of how our global society as evolved, what with its wars and financial crises, will be dramatically unequivocally and permanently altered.. you will NEVER hear current 'news' that is presented to us in the same way. your casual acceptance of what is said replaced by a strong degree of critical cynicism. once done with this book, i suggest reading Mr Engdahl's 'The Lost Hegemon Whom the Gods would destroy. It will help complete the shattering of any remaining belief you might have in the good intentions of those who run our world. when done, it is possible you will feel like me. your heart will be broken, but, you will feel a quiet peace for finally, truly, 'knowing'.
• William Engdahl retraces the evolution of empire over the last century and its transition from a British Empire to the American Empire. His most interesting contribution to the history of this transition is his account of the end of the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1971 by Richard Nixon and the Federal Reserve and linking this with the Arab Oil Embargo and an obscure conference in 1973 in Saltsjobaden, Sweden involving the "Bilderberg Group." Mr. Engdahl's account of how the dollar became the "petrodollar" - the global currency for oil- is very informative and convincing. Not as convincing is the implication that the world is run by a cabal of international bankers revolving around the Rockefellers. No doubt bankers, international and otherwise, wield far too great an influence over our economic affairs. But I'm not convinced and I'm not sure even Mr. Engdahl believes in a global conspiracy controlling money and oil. The book conveys that impression which I think is it's greatest flaw.
  
  But the author does convincing describe an important connection between money and oil which explains a lot of what has happened to our world since 1971. For that reason, I think this book deserves to be read.
• Another must read authored by scholarly geopolitical analyst F. William Engdahl. Comprehensive historical analysis of the global strategies and machinations down through the century for control over the oleaginous gold. Well researched and documented, this book should be on the shelves in the history/politics sections of every library of every city, town, college and, perhaps, high school in the world. Of course the progenitors of the perpetrators and players in the narrative wouldn't subscribe to such dispensed enlightenment. Who would there be and be there, at least in western civilization, to fight unawares their next century of war?
• First, I'd like to thank fellow reviewer S. Swink for suggesting this book in a comment he helpfully attached to my review of "Conjuring Hitler". That tip led me to read the most interesting and informative book I have read in a long time. As there are already 29 reviews, many of them very insightful, I will touch on topics that were not emphasised in the reviews so far. These are topics I've heard a lot about lately, but more by way of heated references than the informed discussion found in "A Century Of War". I will list a few of them.
  
  * "Bretton Woods Agreements" - Engdahl explains the motivations of the Anglo-Americans behind the agreements and the central role of oil, which many discussions don't emphasise enough.
  
  * "The New World Order" - Not a conspiracy theory, but a conspiracy fact. George HW Bush waxed poetic about the NWO until he was advised to tone it down. Rather than misquote the back of the US $1 bill, Engdahl explains what was actually meant by the NWO, at least at the time the term was current in the early 1990s.
  
  * "Bilderberg Group" - Again, not a conspiracy theory. I quote an endnote to Chapter 9
  " 'Saltjöbaden conference' Bilderberg meetings, 11-13 May, 1973. The author obtained an original copy of the official discussion from this meeting. Normally confidential, the document was bought in a Paris used bookstore, apparently coming from the library of a member. "
  
  In this book you will find irrefutable proof that the 1973 OPEC oil price "crisis" was the result of an elitist cabal, with the Bilderberg Group at the centre of the cabal. (And some reviewers complained about the lack of documentation!)
  
  * "Trilateral Commission" - Founded in 1973 by David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski, this is a very real and powerful group, indeed. Jimmy Carter, who nominally presided over what was then dubbed the "Trilateral Presidency", was selected by the Trilateraloids. By way of documentation, Engdahl lists the "Founding members of the Trilateral Commission (1973)".
  
  * "Malthusian" - Now also "neo-Malthusian". I didn't understand what this reference to the Rev. Malthus had to do with modern economics until I read this book. Yes, overpopulation is a problem, but you don't solve the problem the way the neo-Malthusians in the IMF do it.
  
  * "PNAC" - The Project for a New American Century, obviously not a conspiracy theory. I didn't actually see anything new about PNAC that isn't available all over the Internet, but Engdahl does weave the neocon policies into the fabric of his discussion.
  
  * The fall of the Shah of Iran and the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. - Perhaps most people have forgotten by now that the US engineered the replacement of the Shah with the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. It seems that the Shah was not only cutting deals to bypass the Anglo-American Seven Sisters to sell oil, but was also making deals to install nuclear power plants in Iran. (Sound familiar?) This move naturally had the fingerprints of the then National Security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski all over it. Brzezinski is also defiantly proud of provoking the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, which was perhaps the single most important factor leading to the demise of the USSR.
  
  The second edition of this book (2004) seems to contain many new references, plus an new introduction and final chapter. If you have only read the earlier edition, I suggest getting the newer one. I would eventually like to see a third edition, in line with the changing political situation in the USA, and particularly in view of Engdahl's changed views on the source of oil since the publication of this book. He now subscribes to the a-biotic or abiotic theory, abandoning his prior belief in the peak oil theory mentioned in the final chapter of "A Century Of War".
  
  Apropos the headline of my review, I found Engdahl's references to the "Trilateral Presidency" of Jimmy Carter and Zbigniew Brzezinski's role as one of Carter's primary advisors particularly timely. As the neocons are gradually exiting from central roles in government, control behind the scenes is inevitably shifting, perhaps back to a more left-of-centre public face. Zbigniew Brzezinski has re-surfaced lately as a darling of the Left due to his opposition to the neocon policy in the Middle East and his role as the primary foreign policy controller of Barak Obama. This book as helped convince me that Brzezinski's presence in this milieu is probably not a good sign.
  
  I recommend keeping up with the latest articles by Mr Engdahl, which are easily found on the Internet. He now has his own website which you can easily find.
  
  I also recommend some books that cover some of the topics in "A Century Of War" in more detail.
  
  For a detailed look at the Anglo-American machinations against Germany after WW 1
  Conjuring Hitler How Britain And America Made the Third Reich
  What's so bad about the IMF? and details of the financial deal between the USA and Saudi Arabia in the mid-1970s
  Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
  Much on the US military empire
  Nemesis The Last Days of the American Republic (American Empire Project)
• As Truman said, 'the only thing new in the world is the history you don't know'. This all time favorite book explains the roots of the world wars in a truly enlightening manner. Should you read this book, you will never look on the world the same again.
• This book is well worth the effort to read. Be aware that it will likely make you angry as you get a more clear picture of the fact that politics that we see in the mass media is just a puppet show to distract the population from understanding the oligarchy of banks, big oil and multinational corporations that really run everything for their own profit and power.