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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication date
February 1, 1999
Pages
420
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780395592205
ISBN-10
0395592208
Dimensions
1.50 by 7 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.70 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$30.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Using company files, government documents, and dozens of personal interviews, the author of Treason in the Blood breathes life into an industrial adventure as he recounts the unceasing diplomatic and corporate efforts to gain access to the enormous resources under the vast Arab desert.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: Here is the extraordinary tale of what the U.S. State Department once called "the most valuable commercial prize in the history of the planet," the vast oil reserves beneath the sands of the Arabian desert. Using Aramco files never before available to scholars or journalists, dozens of personal interviews, and U.S. and British government documents, Anthony Cave Brown recounts the unceasing diplomatic and corporate maneuvers aimed at obtaining this unimaginable wealth, an ongoing drama that involved such figures as the great warrior-king Ibn Saud, founder of the Saudi dynasty; H. St. John Philby, the British scholar-adventurer who was a chief advisor to the king; the American philanthropist Charles Crane; Winston Churchill; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; and assorted oil-industry executives and engineers across the United States. Played out against a background of war and the turmoil of an ancient culture thrust abruptly into the twentieth century, the struggle to obtain the prize was won b
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from Houghton Mifflin (February 1, 1999)
9780395592205 | details & prices | 420 pages | 7.00 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $30.00
About: Using company files, government documents, and personal interviews, the author recounts the unceasing diplomatic and corporate efforts to gain access to the enormous resources under the vast Arab desert
About: Using company files, government documents, and personal interviews, the author recounts the unceasing diplomatic and corporate efforts to gain access to the enormous resources under the vast Arab desert
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