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Britain's Quest for Oil: The First World War and the Peace Conferences

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9781911512073

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Unquestionably recommended reading, both for the subject matter itself, to better understand the nature of the post-war negotiations, and as an excellent example of how to turn a thesis into a book. * Society of Friends of the National Army Museum * A good, academic analysis of the oil industry as it was in the early 20th Century; Britain's position and strategy, both military and political; and the diplomacy and disputes that shaped the eventual carve-up. * Long Long Trail *

A good, academic analysis of the oil industry as it was in the early 20th Century; Britain's position and strategy, both military and political; and the diplomacy and disputes that shaped the eventual carve-up. * Long Long Trail * Unquestionably recommended reading, both for the subject matter itself, to better understand the nature of the post-war negotiations, and as an excellent example of how to turn a thesis into a book. * Society of Friends of the National Army Museum *

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Martin Gibson was for many years an investment analyst for a leading asset management company, latterly specialising in the global oil industry. He was awarded an MLitt in War Studies by the University of Glasgow in 2006. His dissertation received the Ewing Prize for the best Modern History dissertation at Glasgow that year. It later became the basis for the chapter on the Royal Navy's conversion from coal to oil before the that he contributed to Michael LoCicero, Ross Mahoney, Stuart Mitchell, eds, A Military Transformed? Adaptation and Innovation in the British Military, 1792-1945 (2014). He completed a history PhD at the University of Glasgow in 2012 and currently writes the War and Security blogs on military history and national security issues.

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