Crude Oil, Crude Money : Aristotle Onassis, Saudi Arabia, and the CIA

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Crude Oil, Crude Money : Aristotle Onassis, Saudi Arabia, and the CIA

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 288 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9781440863943
  • DDC分類 327.73056

Full Description

The untold story of how Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, and Texaco teamed up with the CIA and Department of State to thwart the plans of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who almost managed to reshape the Middle East.

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 U.S. in the Arab world.

Contents

Notes on Language and Usage
Cast of Characters
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Reign of Big Oil
Chapter 2 Signs of Trouble
Chapter 3 Intrigue on the Riviera
Chapter 4 Onassis in the Dock
Chapter 5 The Shot Heard 'Round the World of Oil
Chapter 6 Oil and the Cold War
Chapter 7 The CIA Is on the Case
Chapter 8 A Two-Tier Strategy
Chapter 9 The World vs. Onassis
Chapter 10 Too Many Moving Parts
Chapter 11 Onassis "in the Doghouse"
Chapter 12 Power Struggle in the Kingdom
Chapter 13 Don't Embarrass the King
Chapter 14 The Revenge of Spyridon Catapodis
Chapter 15 The Power of the Press
Chapter 16 Impasse
Chapter 17 Dark Days for Onassis
Chapter 18 New Issues Emerge
Chapter 19 New Crisis, Old Cases
Chapter 20 The Suez Crisis
Chapter 21 The End of the Affair
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index