Moguls and Mandarins: Oil, Imperialism and the Middle East in British Foreign Policy 1900-1940

by Marian Kent

Overview

A 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714645049
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/1993
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Moguls and Mandarins; Chapter 2 The Purchase of the British Government’s Shares in the British Petroleum Company 1912–1914; Chapter 3 Agent of Empire? The National Bank of Turkey and British Foreign Policy; Chapter 4 British Policy, International Diplomacy and the Turkish Revolution; Chapter 5 Guarding the Bandwagon; Chapter 6 Developments in British Government Oil Policy in the interwar Period;

Editorial Reviews

Traces the shift in British policy concerning the Middle East from securing a route to the eastern empire to the exploitation of petroleum for industrial and military use. A major theme is the raging imperial rivalry with France, and to some extent with Italy, which was only damped by alliances during the First World War and preparations for the Second. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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