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The Prize

• Daniel Yergin, 1994
• Maps misc.

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http//www.cyberlearning-world.com/lessons/ushisto
ry/ww2/pacifictheater.htm
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Japan U.S. Oil Supplies

• August, 1941 The United States, which at the
  time supplied 80 of Japanese oil imports,
  initiates a complete oil embargo.
• This threatens to cripple both the Japanese
  economy and military strength once the strategic
  reserves run dry, unless alternative oil-sources
  can be found. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Events_
  preceding_World_War_II_in_Asia

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http//www.math.wisc.edu/gomez/m473/f06/handouts.
html
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http//www.solarpaces.org/_Libary/map-iran.jpg
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US-British Coup - Iran

• CIA Secrets of History of the covert action to
  overthrow Mossadeghs Government, from the NYT
• http//www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/iran-
  cia-summary.pdf
• http//www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/04160
  0iran-cia-index.html

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http//www.homepagez.com/pakhistory/Middle-East-ma
p.gif
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http//www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lesso
ns/01/g68/iraqoil.html
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