British Oil Policy, 1919-1939
Details:
- Author(s) McBeth, Brian S
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1985
- Pages 171pp; illus
- Publisher Frank Cass
- Place Published London
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 account drawing on his doctoral thesis. Scholarly account detailing British government's ultimately unsuccessful diplomatic efforts to secure a reliable and independent supply of oil, free of dependency on US supplies and on the leading players in the international oil market - namely Royal Dutch Shell and Standard Oil Co [Exxon]. Sections include: Britain's efforts to achieve oil independence; Anglo American oil diplomacy; 'Venezuela - Britain's new oil supplier'; 'Britain remains dependent on foreign oil'