The oil hunters
Subtitle: exploration and espionage in the Middle East 1880-1939
By: Roger Howard.
Publisher: Hambledon Continuum
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781847252326
Subjects: Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Middle East -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: The intrepid Frenchman; title: The great investor; title: Marriott plays the great game; title: The spies fight over D'Arcy; title: The great explorer; title: The oil hunters take on the tribes; title: Lieutenant Wilson to the rescue; title: Admiral chester eyes Mesopotamia; title: The great Gulbenkian; title: The irrepressible admiral; title: Frank Holmes strides into the Middle East; title: Holmes bids for Kuwait and Bahrain; title: The incredible Haji; title: The great philanthropist; title: The battle for Kuwait; title: Philby of Arabia; title: The legacy of the oil hunters.