The Wreck of the Alamo
Norman Gerard
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The Wreck of the Alamo

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At the height of the Arab oil embargo the price of oil was over $50 per barrel. The Alamo, an American-owned tanker with 500,000 tons of Iranian crude went aground off the Normandy Coast en route to Rotterdam. The English economy was on the ropes, and the Brits courted the deep pockets of the oil-rich Arabs. The House of Lloyds struggled to keep up a stiff financial upper lip, as it rotted from greed. American intelligence, accustomed to leaning on the British, was now expected to lead the New World Order. Hoping to orchestrate public opinion on the eve of the Israeli-Egyptian Peace Accord, th...