Acclaimed author and investigative journalist Edwin Black will lecture on the Redline Agreement - a diplomatic manouevre by the Great Powers to secure oil in the Mideast in the early 20th century. He will speak at Florida Atlantic University on Feb.5.

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Acclaimed by experts, Black's book on British Petroleum shows the diplomatic and capitalist machinations that seized the oil of Mesopotamia and now underlies the conflict in Iraq. View the lecture here.