Oil and empire : British policy and Mesopotamian oil, 1900-1920

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introductory....Pages 3-7 British Policy and Interests in Mesopotamia to 1920....Pages 8-14 Early Rivalries for the Mesopotamian Oil Concession 1900–12....Pages 15-30 Front Matter....Pages 31-31 The Anglo-German Rivalry Intensifies, 1912–13....Pages 33-58 Coming to an Agreement: Analysis of Amalgamation Negotiations, 1913–14....Pages 59-94 The Concession Gained and Lost, 1914–15....Pages 95-113 Front Matter....Pages 115-115 The War, 1914–18....Pages 117-136 Unmaking the Sykes-Picot Agreement: Oil Negotiations November 1918-April 1920....Pages 137-157 Back Matter....Pages 159-273