The Oil Hunters: Exploration and Espionage in the Middle East
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.71 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 184725232X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Interesting Though Flawed Anne Ruszkiewicz This book provides an interesting narrative of the European/Western people involved in the search for Middle Eastern Oil. The author is at his best when describing individuals - bringing them vividly to life. Anyone interested in any of the particular, often very colorful and eccentric, Western individuals involved will find it worth reading. He is particularly good at depicting Major Frank Holmes. However, his focus on each individual is so exclusive that whatever historical and geographical context he provides for them is sloppy ranging from confusing to erroneous with an odd whiff of British Orientalist bias. For ins
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The fascinating 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 The Middle East had long been awash with rumors and legends of oil, rumors that gradually seeped into Western Europe. Crane.Throughout the twentieth century, the demand for petroleum increased and it eventually became one of the most valuable commodities traded in the world market. John Philby, father of the famous British double agent Kim Philby, as well as figures from the world stage such as Julius de Reuter, founder of Reuters News Agency, the Armenian oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian and Chicago-born entrepreneur Charles R. 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, adventurers and magnates.For more information, visit his website at oilhunters.. 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. Howeve