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001 2012276397
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008 140630s2013 enkab b 001 0 eng d
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016 7 $a016325511$2Uk
020 $a9781848858183 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn841186502
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050 00 $aDS247.T88$bM68 2013
082 04 $a953.052$223
100 1 $aMorton, Michael Quentin,$eauthor.
245 10 $aBuraimi :$bthe struggle for power, influence and oil in Arabia /$cMichael Quentin Morton.
264 1 $aLondon :$bI.B. Tauris,$c2013.
300 $axvii, 286 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
505 0 $aPrologue -- 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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 245-275) and index.
651 0 $aBuraymī Oasis (Oman and United Arab Emirates)$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aBuraymī Oasis (Oman and United Arab Emirates)$xPolitics and government$y20th century.
650 0 $aPetroleum$xProspecting$zBuraymī Oasis (Oman and United Arab Emirates)$xHistory$y20th century.