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October 16, 2026

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Guokr via UAPI · saved Oct 16, 2026, 3:01 PM CST

Yu Shenghai’s Major Work *The Oil War* Published: A Century-Spanning History of Oil Wars

The reader’s brief

The book frames oil as a link between military conflict, financial power and energy security, including China’s energy transition. Read the article as a guide to the author’s themes: it introduces an argument, rather than independently proving a single explanation for the conflicts discussed.

A promotional article on Guokr announces Oil Wars, a book by Chinese author Yu Shenghai published by Zhejiang People's Publishing House. The introduction describes a history of more than a century of competition over petroleum, linking energy resources with war, finance and geopolitical influence.

According to the announcement, the book ranges beyond the Middle East to examine world wars, the Cold War, dollar-denominated oil trade and newer energy-security disputes. It also discusses clean energy, China's energy transition and the possible role of AI in the energy sector. These are the author's analytical themes and the announcement's account of the book, rather than independently established explanations of the conflicts it mentions.

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