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The Oil Hunters - Exploration and Espionage in the Middle East (Hardcover, New)
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The Oil Hunters - Exploration and Espionage in the Middle East (Hardcover, New)
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This entertaining collection of anecdotes and stories charts the
lesser-known history of the hunt for oil in the Middle East.The
Middle East had long been awash with rumours and legends of oil,
rumours that gradually seeped into Western Europe. The Greek
historian Herodotus had once described the existence of "oil-pits"
in Mesopotamia, while Jebel Zeit, a mountain on the west coast of
the Gulf of Suez, was known by the ancients as Mons Petroleus. "The
Oil Hunters" tells the stories of the explorers, spies and
entrepreneurs who led the hunt for oil in the Middle East from the
1880s to the outbreak of the Second World War. Against the backdrop
of British and Russian - and increasingly American - manoeuvrings
for dominance in the region, Roger Howard explores the history of
oil exploration in anecdotal style and with a lively pace. He
brings to life forgotten figures such as Frank Holmes, revered by
the Arabs as Abu Naft (the Father of Oil) and Harry St John Philby,
father of the famous traitor as well as figures from the world
stage such as Julius de Reuter, Calouste Gulbenkian and Charles R.
Crane.The book shows how today's oil giants emerged not only in
Persia but also Iraq (Mesopotamia), Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
British Petroleum, for example, was originally the Anglo-Persian
Oil Company. Considered by many to be one of the most important
events of twentieth century history, the discovery of Persian oil
in 1908 is related here as a vivid adventure story of exploration
and exploitation, peopled by eccentrics, adventures and magnates.
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