Mirage : power, politics, and the hidden history of Arabian oil /

Mirage : power, politics, and the hidden history of Arabian oil / Aileen Keating.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keating, Aileen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2005.
Subjects:
Holmes, Frank, > 1874-1947.
Petroleum industry and trade > Middle East > History.
Petroleum industry and trade > Government policy > Middle East.
Petroleum > Prospecting > Middle East > History.
Table of Contents:
  • "Major" Frank Holmes
  • The way to handle natives
  • An immense Arabian oilfield
  • The intruder
  • Conflict, anger and abdication
  • Resolute rulers
  • "A little affair like this"---Iraq oil
  • A colonial takes on the Empire
  • Water and war
  • Big New York shaikhs
  • No honour among oilmen
  • Double dealing
  • The nationality clause
  • Diplomatic dance
  • Pipeline politics
  • Kuwait out---Bahrain in
  • King Solomon's mines
  • All eyes on Al Hasa
  • Intrigue and illusion
  • An unclean subject
  • Pressure points
  • Ahmad and Holmes
  • Closure.

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