The oil hunters : exploration and espionage in the Middle East 1880-1939 /
By: Howard, Roger
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BookPublisher: London ; New York : Hambledon Continuum, 2008.Description: xiv, 210 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781847252326 (hbk.); 184725232X (hbk.)Subject(s): Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Middle East -- HistoryDDC classification: 622.1828092256 Online resources: Location Map
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 327.73 HO OI (Browse shelf) | Available | T0032753 |
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| 327.6053 AF RI Africa and the Gulf region : | 327.62053 EG YP Egypt and the Gulf : | 327.73 BR WO World out of balance : | 327.73 HO OI The oil hunters : | 327.73 NY SO Soft power : | 327.73 OU TS Outside in : | 327.73 ST ON One nation under contract : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-202) and index.
The intrepid Frenchman -- The great investor -- Marriott plays the great game -- The spies fight over D'Arcy -- The great explorer -- The oil hunters take on the tribes -- Lieutenant Wilson to the rescue -- Admiral chester eyes Mesopotamia -- The great Gulbenkian -- The irrepressible admiral -- Frank Holmes strides into the Middle East -- Holmes bids for Kuwait and Bahrain -- The incredible Haji -- The great philanthropist -- The battle for Kuwait -- Philby of Arabia -- The legacy of the oil hunters.