Britain's Quest for Oil. The First World War and the peace conferences
Details:
- Author(s) Gibson, Martin W
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2017
- Pages
- Publisher Helion & Co
- Place Published Solihull
Topics:
- Name Diplomatic issues inc imperialism
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly work written for a broad readership. Covers period c1914-23. Deals with Britain's diplomatic response to securing strategically important oil supplies, including the means of doing so either through direct control or via oil companies [which acted in the national interest]. Chapters include: 'Early British oil strategy'; 'The war and oil'; 'Oil and inter-allied relations, 1917-18'; 'Oil and British war aims'; 'Allied diplomacy, oil and the Middle East, 1919-22'; 'Post war oil planning for the Royal Navy'; 'Anglo-American disputes over oil and the Washington Naval Conference'; 'The Bonar Law Government and oil'. Much coverage of Anglo Persian Oil Co and Royal Dutch Shell