Oil and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-1963

The idea of writing this book occurred to me while working on my previous book Between East and West: Israel's Foreign Policy Orientation, 1948-1956 (Cambridge, 1990). Documentary evidence which I consulted for writing the latter exposed some effects on its foreign policy of Israel's acute dependence on external sources of oil supply. The records also illuminated the crucial impact of its conflict with the Arab world on this little-known strategic position. The following study is thus a result of approximately ten years of intermittent plunging into the abyss of this subject. The Twentieth Century Posed Great Challenges For British Foreign Policy. How Effectively Did Policymakers Cope With Change And Decline? Were They As Pragmatic As They Claimed? Are There Identifiable Patterns Of Success And Failure? Peter Mangold Seeks To Answer These Questions In This New Thematic Account Of British Foreign Policy Between 1900 And 2000. Issues Covered Include Imperial Overstretch, The Reluctance To Engage Militarily And Politically With Continental Europe, Alliance Management, The Role Of Force, Loss Of Great Power Status, And Britain's Impact On The International System. The Final Chapter Considers Prospects For The Twenty-first Century.--jacket. 1. The Scope Of The Possible -- 2. Ends Beyond Means -- 3. The Limits Of Pragmatism -- 4. Kinds Of Allies -- 5. The Strategic Dimension -- 6. The Sound Barrier -- 7. International Impact -- 8. Patterns And Prognoses -- App. I. Outline Chronology, Main Events Relating To British Foreign Policy, 1900-2000 -- App. Ii. British Foreign Secretaries, 1900-2001. Peter Mangold. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 219-233) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Introduction....Pages 1-4 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 Fuel — Supply and Demand in Mandatory Palestine....Pages 7-20 Twilight of British Rule....Pages 21-38 The 1948 War....Pages 39-58 International Oil Diplomacy and War....Pages 59-83 Cutting the Losses....Pages 84-95 Legal Readjustment: Israel and the Oil Companies....Pages 96-112 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 The Establishment of the Delek Oil Company....Pages 115-129 Alternative Sources — Venezuela, Kuwait....Pages 130-146 Entrée to Moscow....Pages 147-170 At the Gates of Tehran....Pages 171-193 The Departure of the Oil Companies....Pages 194-215 The Eilat Connection....Pages 216-242 Epilogue: A Land of Milk, Honey and No Oil....Pages 243-247 Back Matter....Pages 248-282 "The twentieth century posed great challenges for British foreign policy. How effectively did policymakers cope with change and decline? Were they as pragmatic as they claimed? Are there identifiable patterns of success and failure?". "Peter Mangold seeks to answer these questions in this new thematic account of British foreign policy between 1900 and 2000. Issues covered include imperial overstretch, the reluctance to engage militarily and politically with continental Europe, alliance management, the role of force, loss of Great Power status, and Britain's impact on the international system. The final chapter considers prospects for the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.

This book focuses on Israel's attempts to ensure a regular oil supply in the first decade of its existence. Uri Bialer reveals that the main problems derived from the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict categorically influenced the stance of governments and international oil companies who held the keys to decision making. He provides an analysis of the reciprocal relations between Israel and these players and clarifies the unique method which the State adopted in attempting to secure its oil supply.

Bialer focuses on Israel's attempts to ensure a regular oil supply in the first decade of it's existence. He reveals that its main problems derived from the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict which categorically influenced the stand of governments and international oil companies who held the keys to decision making. The author provides an analysis of the reciprocal relations between Israel and these players and clarifies the unique method which the state adopted in attempting to secure its oil supply. A growing interest in political Islam has assumed significant ideological and intellectual dimensions, especially in recent years. Rather than viewing the issue as Islam versus the rest, or tradition against modernity, this volume acknowledges the mutualities without overlooking the tensions. It centers on issues such as the Rushdie affair, conflictive pluralism in South Asia and Islam's links with the Kashmir dispute, the Iranian revolution, civil war in Afghanistan, and western public diplomacy. This text focuses on Israel's attempts to ensure a regular oil supply in the first decade of its existence. It reveals that its main problems derived from the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict which influenced the stand of governments and international oil companies who held the keys to decision making. The book provides an analysis of the reciprocal relations between Israel and these players, and clarifies the method which the state adopted in attempting to secure its oil supply "This book gives an economic perspective to the analysis of deforestation. Following a survey of different deforestation definitions, theories and empirical evidence, a case-study of Ecuador provides a versatile historical picture of factors influencing forest loss throughout different periods, regions and ecosystems."--BOOK JACKET.