First World Oil War
Details:
- Author(s) Winegard, Timothy C
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2016
- Pages 385pp
- Publisher University of Toronto Press
- Place Published Toronto ON
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with the 'pivotal' role of oil in the calculation of British strategy and war aims in Mesopotamia, Persia and the Caucasus in the First World War period, providing context to understanding oil extraction in the Middle East and British commercial interests in it but not dealing directly with them