I came here to say something along these lines. One statistic from that book I’ve always loved is that the Allies burned seven billion barrels of oil during WWII - and six billion of them were pumped from the United States.
I'd like to add: I don't share Yergin's sympathies and enthusiasm for the oil industry or petroleum itself. Despite that, his book really is a treasure, and is among the better histories of energy out there.
I'd include the more broadly-scoped works by Vaclav Smil (Energy and Civilization <https://www.worldcat.org/title/959698256> and Energy in World History <https://www.worldcat.org/title/30398523>) and Manfred Weissenbacher (Sources of Power <https://www.worldcat.org/title/416715097>).
Wiessenbacher in particular emphasizes the political and military implications of energy regimes.
The resurgence of continental U.S. oil production is a fascinating story and a technological marvel. There are upsides and downsides to fossil fuel extraction at that scale, but like the original posted noted, the transformational impact cannot be understated.