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Pierre Paul Ernest L'Espagnol de la Tramerye
b. 1899
A French lawyer and historian, he is remembered for a remarkably early study of global oil politics. His best-known book looks at petroleum not just as fuel, but as a force shaping international power after World War I.
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The World-Struggle for Oil
by Pierre Paul Ernest L'Espagnol de la Tramerye
About the author
Born in Paris on August 10, 1899, Pierre Paul Ernest L'Espagnol de la Tramerye was a French doctor of law and lawyer. He later became a member of the Société historique et archéologique de Château-Thierry, where he remained active for many years.
He is best known today for The World-Struggle for Oil, an English translation of his earlier French work La lutte mondiale pour le pétrole. Based on his law thesis, the book explored the growing strategic importance of oil in international affairs at a time when petroleum was becoming central to modern industry, war, and diplomacy.
He died on July 8, 1956, in Barzy-sur-Marne in the Aisne department. Although not widely known to general readers now, his work stands out as an early attempt to explain how control of energy resources could shape world politics.