World War I

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(1) Daniel Yergin, There Will Be Oil. For decades, advocates of 'Peak Oil' have been predicting a crisis in energy supplies. They've been wrong at every turn. Wall Street Journal, Sept 17, 2011
(a vignette headlined "A History of Black Gold: Boom and Panic" included: "1918  World War I was the first mechanized war, complete with tanks and airplanes. As oil went to Europe to ensure the mobility of Allied forces, 1918 saw the highest gasoline prices (adjusted for inflation) ever recorded in the US. 'Gasolineless Sundays' were instituted to encourage people to drive less.")

(2) William Anthony Hay, The Bitter End; A divisive victorry might have been possible given months more fighting, but the human cost would have been terrible. Wall Street Journal, Sept 17, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904265504576566582336898212.html
(book review on David Stevenson, With Our Backs to the Wall; Victory and Defeat in 1918. Harvard/Belknap, 2011)

Summary: Both sides in WWI were utterly exhausted.

Note: Second Battle of the Marne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Marne
(July 15-Aug 6, 1918)

* Marne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marne

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