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Oil and the great powers : Britain and Germany, 1914 to 1945 / Anand Toprani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Toprani, Anand, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petroleum industry and trade--History--20th century.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--1910-1936.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--1936-1945.
- Germany--Foreign relations--1918-1933.
- Germany.
- Germany--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (323 pages)
- Edition:
- New product edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- 'Oil and the Great Powers' examines how oil shaped British and German grand strategy in the era of the two world wars, arguing that both countries' efforts to become energy-independent led them to pursue policies that compromised security by inducing strategic over-extension, thereby hastening their decline as great powers.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-257159-1
- 0-19-187269-5
- 0-19-257158-3
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