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082			_a338.272820953 _bKEA/M
100			_aKeating, Aileen
245		0	_aMirage: power, politics, and the hidden history of Arabian oil/ _cAileen Keating
260			_bPrometheus Books, _c2005. _aNew York :
300			_a560p. : _bill. ; _c24cm.
505			_a "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.
650			_a Holmes, Frank, -- 1874-1947.
942			_cWB16