Mohammad Gholi Majd

Oil and the Killing of the American Consul in Tehran

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Produktbeschreibung

Oil and the Killing of the American Consul in Tehran explores the Anglo-American tensions over the control of oil in Iraq and Persia after WWI and the impact of American Vice-Consul Robert Imbrie's murder. Using evidence from U.S. State Department documents, this detailed work argues that Imbrie was the victim of a conspiracy aimed at consolidating British power in the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780761835059
• ISBN-10: 0761835059
• Artikelnr.: 22393992

Autorenporträt

Mohammad Gholi Majd holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University. He is the author of The Great Famine and Genocide in Persia, 1917-1919 and Iraq in World War I, both from the University Press of America.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 1. Anglo-American Discord on Middle East Oil Chapter 2 2.
Exchange of Notes and American-British "Oil Entente" Chapter 3 3. American
Interest in North Persia Oil and Persian Offer to Standard Oil Chapter 4 4.
Standard Oil-Anglo-Persian Combination and Rivalry with Sinclair Oil
Chapter 5 5. Sinclair Concession and Impact of Oil Scandal in America
Chapter 6 6. The Killing of Consul Imbrie: A Documentary Account Chapter 7
7. A Whitewash of the Crime and a Travesty of Justice Chapter 8 Index
Chapter 9 About the Author