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SPECIAL: Edwin Black Exposes War-Stained Oil History of British Petroleum on C-SPAN's Book-TV with 'British Petroleum and the Redline Agreement'


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"Petroleum and oil exploration should be one of entrepreneurial glory. Instead, the more we learn about the corruption and machinations employed by British Petroleum and its industry cohorts, the more we realize that we have been the victims of an addictive, war-made subjugation for over 100 years. This realization comes to us thanks to Edwin Black's book."
       Marc J. Rauch, Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher, TheAutoChannel


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WASHINGTON - January 21, 2012: Bestselling historian author and investigative journalist Edwin Black appears in two additional broadcasts on CSPAN's Book-TV on Sunday and Monday, January 22nd 23rd, respectively.

Black will speak on his book "British Petroleum and the Redline Agreement—The West’s Secret Pact to Get Mideast Oil." His main themes will be the fraud, deception, and decades of war machinations of the company now known as BP, and how it shaped the Mideast as we now know it and helped addict the world to oil.

His dynamic presentations were made before an international audience assembled at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington D.C. sponsored by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA). British Petroleum and the Redline Agreement is only the latest of his several volumes on the geopolitics and diplomatic machinations that led to the carving up of the Mideast the creation of oil states following the fall of the Ottoman Empire nearly one hundred years ago-- and eventually to the two costly wars the United States fought in Iraq. Black is said to be the man who coined the term "petropolitics."

Some of his other widely-cited books on the topic, which have been well received by historians and analysts, are The Farhud, Banking on Baghdad, The Plan and Internal Combustion. These cover the intricate and deadly connections between backroom dealings by global powers such as British Petroleum and General Motors, Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, as well as and their interveined relationship with America’s wars and oil addiction. Black is best known for his prize-winning volume, IBM and the Holocaust.

British Petroleum and the Redline Agreement has brought Black accolades from analysts who watch the Mideast and the current devolution of decades-old oil-sponsored dictatorships in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, and the possible rise of Islamist regimes. His work provides historical context to the troubles of the so-called Arab Spring that have led to the fall of Libya’s Muammar Gadhafi and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak.

Watch Edwin Black on C-SPAN'S Book TV on Sunday, January 22nd at 7:15AM EST and on Monday, January 23rd at 1:45AM EST. Check your local cable listing for the appropriate channel number.

To find out more about Edwin Black and his various books visit www.edwinblack.com