In reframing the history of the 20th century, your book goes beyond accounts that define it as this mere great power driven conflict. This is a form of political alliance that was built not around ideology, but the shared material reality of controlling oil resources. The relationship between Venezuela and Iran cannot be explained if not because these countries were important or exporters. If you leave aside this issue of natural resources, there's key elements of international politics and of relationships among communities and countries that you cannot explain.