| Titre : |
Imperial quest for oil : Iraq 1910-1928 |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Helmut Mejcher (1937-....), Auteur |
| Editeur : |
London : Ithaca Press, for the Middle East Centre, St. Antony's College, Oxford |
| Année de publication : |
1976 |
| Collection : |
St. Antony's Middle East monographs num. n° 6 |
| Importance : |
199 p. |
| Présentation : |
Cartes |
| Format : |
23 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-903729-22-2 |
| Note générale : |
Bibliographie, index |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Industrie et commerce pétroliers, histoire, Irak, politique mondiale, relations internationales, 1900-1945, politique et gouvernement |
| Index. décimale : |
1080 Salên 1914-1923 | Années 1914-1923 | Years 1914-1923 | ساڵانی ١٩١٤-١٩٢٣ |
| Note de contenu : |
This book charts the way in which Britain attempted to extend its control over the major oil-fields of the Middle East at the end of the First World War. Dr Mejcher’s major thesis is that the concept of the Mandate system was deliberately promoted by the British as a cover for the pursuit of their own national interest. In particular the award of the League of Nations Mandate for Iraq was central to Britain’s success¬ful efforts to secure control over the oil near Mosul and Kirkuk. But the author also shows how Britain’s major rival, America, was able to use other internationalist arguments, such as the ‘Open Door’ principle, to wrest the Saudi Arabian fields from the British sphere of influ¬ence.
Before scholars were given access to the British government documents, the story of the use of the Mandate system in the struggle for oil could hardly have been told. Hitherto most historians have agreed with Lord Curzon that economic interests had little to do with Britain’s decision to stay in Iraq. Dr Mejcher’s own examination of these documents shows that for many of Curzon’s contemporaries, oil and Iraq were synonymous. In so doing he adds a vital extra dimension to the study of British imperial expan¬sion into Arab lands.
Iraq.
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| En ligne : |
https://bnk.institutkurde.org/catalogue/detail.php?pirtuk=5046 |
| Format de la ressource électronique : |
pdf (BNK) |
| Permalink : |
https://pmb.institutkurde.org/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=4143 |
Imperial quest for oil : Iraq 1910-1928 [texte imprimé] / Helmut Mejcher (1937-....), Auteur . - London : Ithaca Press, for the Middle East Centre, St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1976 . - 199 p. : Cartes ; 23 cm. - ( St. Antony's Middle East monographs; n° 6) . ISBN : 978-0-903729-22-2 Bibliographie, index Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Mots-clés : |
Industrie et commerce pétroliers, histoire, Irak, politique mondiale, relations internationales, 1900-1945, politique et gouvernement |
| Index. décimale : |
1080 Salên 1914-1923 | Années 1914-1923 | Years 1914-1923 | ساڵانی ١٩١٤-١٩٢٣ |
| Note de contenu : |
This book charts the way in which Britain attempted to extend its control over the major oil-fields of the Middle East at the end of the First World War. Dr Mejcher’s major thesis is that the concept of the Mandate system was deliberately promoted by the British as a cover for the pursuit of their own national interest. In particular the award of the League of Nations Mandate for Iraq was central to Britain’s success¬ful efforts to secure control over the oil near Mosul and Kirkuk. But the author also shows how Britain’s major rival, America, was able to use other internationalist arguments, such as the ‘Open Door’ principle, to wrest the Saudi Arabian fields from the British sphere of influ¬ence.
Before scholars were given access to the British government documents, the story of the use of the Mandate system in the struggle for oil could hardly have been told. Hitherto most historians have agreed with Lord Curzon that economic interests had little to do with Britain’s decision to stay in Iraq. Dr Mejcher’s own examination of these documents shows that for many of Curzon’s contemporaries, oil and Iraq were synonymous. In so doing he adds a vital extra dimension to the study of British imperial expan¬sion into Arab lands.
Iraq.
|
| En ligne : |
https://bnk.institutkurde.org/catalogue/detail.php?pirtuk=5046 |
| Format de la ressource électronique : |
pdf (BNK) |
| Permalink : |
https://pmb.institutkurde.org/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=4143 |
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