Based on unrestricted access to papers and personnel at the British Petroleum Company, as well as numerous other sources, this second volume of BP's history aims to be an honest and comprehensive examination of the company in the period 1928SH1954. Such a history inevitably touches on many different historical interests ranging from international relations to social, economic, political and military topics. It includes penetrating insights into the direction and management of the company, and deals with controversial episodes such as the international petroleum cartel and the crisis arising from Iran's oil nationalization.
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Based on unrestricted access to papers and personnel at BP, as well as numerous other sources, this second volume of BP's history aims to be an honest and comprehensive examination of the company in the period 1928-1954. It includes penetrating insights into the direction and management of the company, and analyses various important international crises.
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When Sir John Cadman became chairman in succession to Lord Greenway on 27 March 1927, the Company's position in Iran was fundamental to its existence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
single article law, consortium negotiators, cracked spirit, sales tonnage, international petroleum cartel, tanker bunkers, provisional board, oil dispute, oil committee, concessionary area, aviation spirit, foreign oil policy, nationalisation law, chemical conference, shale oil industry, sterling oil, motor spirit, concessionary interests, supplemental agreement, dividend limitation, tanker tonnage, international oil industry, spirit manufacture, tanker company, oil affairs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Government, Royal Dutch-Shell, Middle East, Standard Oil, Foreign Office, Riza Shah, State Department, World War, Soviet Union, National Front, Iraqi Government, International Court, Saudi Arabia, New York, Heath Eves, Persian Gulf, Texas Company, Agha Jari, General Reserve, Petroleum Board, Foreign Secretary, Bandar Mashur, International Bank, League of Nations, Burmah Oil Company New!
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When Sir John Cadman became chairman in succession to Lord Greenway on 27 March 1927, the Company's position in Iran was fundamental to its existence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
single article law, consortium negotiators, cracked spirit, sales tonnage, international petroleum cartel, tanker bunkers, provisional board, oil dispute, oil committee, concessionary area, aviation spirit, foreign oil policy, nationalisation law, chemical conference, shale oil industry, sterling oil, motor spirit, concessionary interests, supplemental agreement, dividend limitation, tanker tonnage, international oil industry, spirit manufacture, tanker company, oil affairs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Government, Royal Dutch-Shell, Middle East, Standard Oil, Foreign Office, Riza Shah, State Department, World War, Soviet Union, National Front, Iraqi Government, International Court, Saudi Arabia, New York, Heath Eves, Persian Gulf, Texas Company, Agha Jari, General Reserve, Petroleum Board, Foreign Secretary, Bandar Mashur, International Bank, League of Nations, Burmah Oil Company New!
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- Iran in the Twentieth Century: A Political History (Adamantine Studies in International Relations & World Security) by M. Reza Ghods on 5 pages
- History of Standard Oil Company: Resurgent Years 1911-1927 by Evelyn H. Knowlton on 5 pages
- The State and the Emergence of the British Oil Industry (Studies in Business History) by Geoffrey Jones in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Oil in the World Economy by R. W. Ferrier in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- British Oil Policy 1919-1939 by B S McBeth in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Iraq and the International Oil System: Why America Went to War in the Gulf by Stephen C. PelletiËre on 4 pages
- Oil, War, and Anglo-American Relations: American and British Reactions to Mexico's Expropriation of Foreign Oil Properties, 1937-1941 (Contributions in Latin American Studies) by Catherine E. Jayne on page 138, page 178, and Back Matter
- Kuwait, 1950-1965: Britain, the al-Sabah, and Oil (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs) by Simon C. Smith in Front Matter, page 37, and Back Matter
- All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Counter-Narratives: History, Contemporary Society, and Politics in Saudi Arabia and Yemen by Madawi Al-Rasheed on page 174, and Back Matter
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