TY - GEN N2 - 'Oil and the Great Powers' examines how oil shaped British and German grand strategy in the era of the two world wars, arguing that both countries' efforts to become energy-independent led them to pursue policies that compromised security by inducing strategic over-extension, thereby hastening their decline as great powers. AB - 'Oil and the Great Powers' examines how oil shaped British and German grand strategy in the era of the two world wars, arguing that both countries' efforts to become energy-independent led them to pursue policies that compromised security by inducing strategic over-extension, thereby hastening their decline as great powers. T1 - Oil and the great powers :Britain and Germany, 1914 to 1945 / AU - Toprani, Anand, ET - First edition. CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - DA566.2 N1 - Previously issued in print: 2019. ID - 867417 KW - Energy security KW - Energy security KW - Petroleum industry and trade SN - 9780191872693 TI - Oil and the great powers :Britain and Germany, 1914 to 1945 / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198834601.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198834601.001.0001 ER -