The Oil Weapon (TRIH ep 120)
1973 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the 1973 energy crisis, tracing its immediate trigger in the Yom Kippur War (6 October 1973) and the simultaneous OPEC meetings that transformed bargaining power in the global oil market. They discuss the retreat of European colonial influence in the Middle East, the emergence of Saudi and other Gulf producers as geopolitical actors, and the mechanics of the OPEC price hikes and embargoes. The conversation ranges from US policy choices — Nixon, Kissin...
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