Economics and specifics like energy are inextricably connected to military strategy. As Mahan, etc. pointed out.
You ARE crediting MacGregor with HIS reading list. That’s what scholarship is.
Read (yes, I know you don’t like it, but try), Yervin, “The Prize”.
Actually, the author of the Prize was Daniel Yergin and I even worked with him over the course of a year. And I did read it. Nyanyanya.