Explore how the First World War and Western political intrigue combined to lay the groundwork for decades of strife in a compelling and informative documentary that dares to venture where few films before it have. With the notable exception of the Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaigns, the majority of large scale military combat operations in the Middle East during World War I have gone largely overlooked in the vast majority of documentaries detailing the era. Now, offering a closer look at the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and taking into consideration the importance of Middle Eastern oil reserves in sustaining the Western economy, Marty Callaghan and company explore how the Treaty of Versailles would open the floodgates for ongoing military conflict and how Western powers have used concerns about Middle Eastern oil reserves as a means of justifying their constant diplomatic, military, and economic interference in the region.
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