Oil, Islands, and the Strait
Kharg Island handles nearly all of Iran's crude exports, and the books on this shelf explain why attacks on small maritime nodes like it send shockwaves through global energy markets and great-power strategy.
Optimized for books about Books that explain why Persian Gulf chokepoints like Kharg Island and the Strait of Hormuz matter so much to global oil markets and geopolitics.
ChokepointsEdward FishmanExamines global maritime chokepoints and how disruptions to narrow trade routes produce outsized economic and political...Shelf signal: Security Studies
The New MapDaniel YerginProvides a big-picture account of energy geopolitics and how shifting production and transport change world strategy,...Shelf signal: Energy Industry
OilcraftRobert VitalisChallenges common assumptions about oil dependence and explains the political and military maneuvers that shape energy...Shelf signal: Middle Eastern Politics
The Oil KingsAndrew Scott CooperOffers historical perspective on how oil shocks and geopolitics have previously jolted global markets, illuminating...Shelf signal: Iranian History
The Shia RevivalVali NasrProvides a regional political history of Shia geopolitical resurgence and Iran's regional strategies that help explain...Shelf signal: Shi'a Islam
The Conquering TideIan W. Toll, P. J. OchlanNarrative history of modern Iran and regional power struggles that situates actions against infrastructure like Kharg...Shelf signal: WWII Pacific Theater