Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources
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Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources is a non-fiction book by Dilip Hiro that analyzes global geopolitics, conflict, and power struggles surrounding dwindling oil supplies.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources Context triple: [Dilip Hiro, notableWork, Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources]
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Blood and Oil
Blood and Oil is a nonfiction book by Michael Klare that examines the geopolitical conflicts and U.S. foreign policy implications surrounding global dependence on petroleum.
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Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet
Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet is a geopolitical analysis book examining how emerging global powers and resource scarcity are reshaping international conflict and security.
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C.
We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood
We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood is a poetry collection by Nigerian environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey that critiques the human and ecological devastation caused by oil exploitation in the Niger Delta.
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Battle for Grain
The Battle for Grain was a major Fascist Italian agricultural policy initiative launched by Benito Mussolini in the 1920s to boost domestic wheat production and reduce reliance on foreign imports.
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E.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources Target entity description: Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources is a non-fiction book by Dilip Hiro that analyzes global geopolitics, conflict, and power struggles surrounding dwindling oil supplies.
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A.
Blood and Oil
Blood and Oil is a nonfiction book by Michael Klare that examines the geopolitical conflicts and U.S. foreign policy implications surrounding global dependence on petroleum.
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B.
Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet
Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet is a geopolitical analysis book examining how emerging global powers and resource scarcity are reshaping international conflict and security.
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C.
We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood
We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood is a poetry collection by Nigerian environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey that critiques the human and ecological devastation caused by oil exploitation in the Niger Delta.
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D.
Battle for Grain
The Battle for Grain was a major Fascist Italian agricultural policy initiative launched by Benito Mussolini in the 1920s to boost domestic wheat production and reduce reliance on foreign imports.
-
E.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | non-fiction book ⓘ |
| addresses |
future of global energy supplies
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risks of overreliance on oil ⓘ shifts in global power due to energy resources ⓘ |
| author | Dilip Hiro ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
India
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| examines |
energy-driven conflicts
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historical development of the oil industry ⓘ impact of oil on international relations ⓘ relations between oil producers and consumers ⓘ role of multinational oil companies ⓘ strategic importance of the Persian Gulf ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
competition for oil
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economic dependence on fossil fuels ⓘ geopolitical rivalries ⓘ military interventions related to oil ⓘ vanishing oil resources ⓘ |
| genre |
geopolitics
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non-fiction ⓘ political literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
concerned about long-term oil scarcity
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critical of great power interventionism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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policy analysts ⓘ students of international relations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
energy security
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global geopolitics ⓘ oil ⓘ power politics ⓘ resource conflict ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| topic |
Middle East politics
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OPEC ⓘ United States foreign policy ⓘ energy policy ⓘ globalization ⓘ oil reserves ⓘ oil wars ⓘ oil-dependent economies ⓘ resource nationalism ⓘ |
| workOf | Dilip Hiro ⓘ |
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