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Buraimi : the struggle for power, influence and oil in Arabia / Michael Quentin Morton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2013Description: xvii, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781848858183 (hbk.)
  • 1848858183 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS247 .T88 .M68 2013
Contents:
Prologue -- Jeddah calling -- A bend in the wadi -- The Riyadh line -- Lanterns in the dark -- A tale of two brothers -- Squeezing Aramco -- The Stobart incident -- Borderlands -- Turki and the tribes -- Taking a stand -- The Hamasa blockade -- No oil man's land -- Make it a red fire -- The Buraimi arbitration tribunal -- Dust in their eyes -- Operation Bonaparte -- The road to Suez -- Rebels and refugees -- Shaybah rising -- Epilogue.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-275) and index.

Prologue -- Jeddah calling -- A bend in the wadi -- The Riyadh line -- Lanterns in the dark -- A tale of two brothers -- Squeezing Aramco -- The Stobart incident -- Borderlands -- Turki and the tribes -- Taking a stand -- The Hamasa blockade -- No oil man's land -- Make it a red fire -- The Buraimi arbitration tribunal -- Dust in their eyes -- Operation Bonaparte -- The road to Suez -- Rebels and refugees -- Shaybah rising -- Epilogue.

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