Blood and Oil

The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often dismissed as conspiracy theory or nonsense. In Blood and Oil, bestselling author and Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare challenges this view and sets the record straight. The film uncovers declassified documents and highlights overlooked passages in prominent presidential doctrines to demonstrate that concerns about oil have been at the heart of American foreign policy for more than 60 years, making our current energy and military policies virtually indistinguishable. Ultimately, Blood and Oil calls for a radical rethinking of US energy policy, warning that unless we change course, the United States risks being drawn into one oil war after another as the global hunt for dwindling petroleum supplies accelerates.