Mirage: power, politics, and the hidden history of Arabian oil/
Keating, Aileen
Mirage: power, politics, and the hidden history of Arabian oil/ Aileen Keating - New York : Prometheus Books, 2005. - 560p. : ill. ; 24cm.
"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.
1591023467
Holmes, Frank, -- 1874-1947.
338.272820953 / KEA/M
Mirage: power, politics, and the hidden history of Arabian oil/ Aileen Keating - New York : Prometheus Books, 2005. - 560p. : ill. ; 24cm.
"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.
1591023467
Holmes, Frank, -- 1874-1947.
338.272820953 / KEA/M