Moguls and Mandarins: Oil, Imperialism and the Middle East in British Foreign Policy 1900-1940A study of Britain's imperial policy in the Middle East over oil, finance and defence. This book brings together different accounts of British policy in the early 20th century, particularly in the Ottoman Empire, to reflect a consistent pattern of preoccupation, policy-making and diplomacy. |
Contents
The Purchase of the British Governments Shares in the British Petroleum | |
Agent of Empire? The National Bank of Turkey and British Foreign Policy | |
British Policy International Diplomacy and the Turkish Revolution | 19 |
Guarding the Bandwagon Great Britain Italy and Middle Eastern Oil 19201923 | 9 |
Developments in British Government Oil Policy in the interwar Period | 1924 |
Bibliography | 1944 |
Other editions - View all
Moguls and Mandarins: Oil, Imperialism and the Middle East in British ... Marian Kent Limited preview - 2013 |
Moguls and Mandarins: Oil, Imperialism and the Middle East in British ... Marian Kent No preview available - 2015 |
Moguls and Mandarins: Oil, Imperialism, and the Middle East in British ... Marian Kent No preview available - 1993 |
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