Released:
2008-06-13

Overview:
The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. In Blood and Oil, bestselling author and Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare challenges this conventional wisdom and corrects the historical record. The film unearths declassified documents and highlights forgotten passages in prominent presidential doctrines to show how concerns about oil have been at the core of American foreign policy for more than 60 years -- rendering our contemporary energy and military policies virtually indistinguishable. In the end, Blood and Oil calls for a radical re-thinking of US energy policy, warning that unless we change direction, we stand to be drawn into one oil war after another as the global hunt for diminishing world petroleum supplies accelerates.

Director:
Jeremy Earp

Runtime:
0h 52min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Ronald Reagan
  as
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Osama bin Laden
  as
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  George H. W. Bush
  as
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  George W. Bush
  as
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Jimmy Carter
  as
  Self (archive footage)