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Mirage : power, politics, and the hidden history of Arabian oil / Aileen Keating.

By: Keating, Aileen.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2005Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 560 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1591023467 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Holmes, Frank, 1874-1947 | Petroleum industry and trade -- Middle East -- History | Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Middle East | Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Middle East -- HistoryDDC classification: 338.2/7282/0953 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
"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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.

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