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" Crude oil, crude money : "
Thomas W. Lippman.
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BL
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845994
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Lippman, Thomas W.
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Crude oil, crude money : : Aristotle Onassis, Saudi Arabia, and the CIA /\ Thomas W. Lippman.
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Santa Barbara, California :: ABC-CLIO,, [2019]
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xvii, 266 pages ;; 25 cm
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1440863946
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: 9781440863943
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9781440863950
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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Onassis, Aristotle Socrates,1906-1975.
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Ōnasēs, Aristotelēs Sōkratus, 1906-1975
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Onassis, Aristotle Socrates,1906-1975.
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United States.
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United States.
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USA
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Petroleum industry and trade-- Political aspects-- Saudi Arabia.
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Erdölversorgung
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International relations.
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Ost-West-Konflikt
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Petroleum industry and trade-- Political aspects.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
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Saudi Arabia, Relations, United States.
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United States, Relations, Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi-Arabien
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United States.
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USA
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| Dewey Classification
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338.2/72820953809045
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HD9576.S332L57 2019
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