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Crude oil, crude money :

(Number (ISBN

1440863946

(Number (ISBN

9781440863943

Erroneous ISBN

9781440863950

Title Proper

Crude oil, crude money :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Aristotle Onassis, Saudi Arabia, and the CIA /

First Statement of Responsibility

Thomas W. Lippman.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Santa Barbara, California :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

ABC-CLIO,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2019]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvii, 266 pages ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

The reign of big oil -- Signs of trouble -- Intrigue on the Riviera -- Onassis in the dock -- The shot heard 'round the world of oil -- Oil and the Cold War -- The CIA is on the case -- A two-tier strategy -- The world versus Onassis -- Too many moving parts -- Onassis "in the doghouse" -- Power struggle in the kingdom -- Don't embarrass the king -- The revenge of Spiridon Catapodis -- The power of the press -- Impasse -- Dark days for Onassis -- New issues emerge -- New crisis, old cases -- The Suez crisis -- The end of the affair -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

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In 1954 Aristotle Onassis (long before he married Jacqueline Kennedy) made a bold business gamble: he tried to corner the crude oil shipping market by signing a deal with the King of Saudi Arabia. If it had worked, it would have reshaped the history of the Middle East. As it was, the proposed deal terrified British and U.S. oil companies and the Dulles brothers, who saw it as the first move in the nationalization of Saudi oil. Complicating things was the burgeoning Arab nationalist movement led by Egypt's newly elected president, Gamal Nasser. And of course there were the Soviets, now without Stalin, eager to build influence in the region. This little known story about the collision of nationalism, money, celebrity, and oil sheds new light on the tangled history of the Middle East. Drawing on the author's immense knowledge of the Middle East and original research incorporating unexplored declassified documents, the book is an eye-opener for students of U.S. foreign policy, anyone interested in the global oil business, and scholars and historians of the role of the United States in the Arab world. -- Dust jacket flap.

Title

Crude oil, crude money

International Standard Book Number

9781440863950

Onassis, Aristotle Socrates,1906-1975.

Ōnasēs, Aristotelēs Sōkratus, 1906-1975

Onassis, Aristotle Socrates,1906-1975.

United States.

United States.

USA

Petroleum industry and trade-- Political aspects-- Saudi Arabia.

Erdölversorgung

International relations.

Ost-West-Konflikt

Petroleum industry and trade-- Political aspects.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.

Saudi Arabia, Relations, United States.

United States, Relations, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia.

Saudi-Arabien

United States.

USA

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Edition

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Book number

Lippman, Thomas W.

Date of Transaction

20200823022751.0

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[Book]

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