BookR.W. Ferrier.
Summary: Based on unrestricted access to papers and personnel at BP, as well as numerous other sources, this second volume of BP's history aims to be an honest and comprehensive examination of the company in the period 1928-1954. Such a history inevitably touches on many different historical interests ranging from international relations to social, economic, political and military topics, primarily in Britain and the Middle East. The book includes penetrating insights into the direction and management of the company, the achievements and shortcomings of successive chairmen, and the relationship between the company and its major shareholder, the British Government. It also deals in detail with matters which have retained an aura of controversy and mystique long after their occurrence, most notably the international petroleum cartel which sought to control world oil markets, and the major international crisis arising from Iran's oil nationalisation. Nielsen 9780521259507 20160528
Contents:
Introduction
Part I. Depression, Recovery and War, 1928-1945: 1. Management and finance, 1928-1945
2. A new concession and a 'fresh start' in Iran, 1932-1939
3. Operations and employment in Iran, 1928-1939
4. Co-operation in the markets, 1928-1939
5. Concessionary interests outside Iran, 1928-1939
6. The British Government and oil, 1928-1939
7. Research and technical progress, 1928-1939
8. War, 1939-1945
9. Transition in Iran, 1939-1947
Part II. Postwar Expansion, 1946-1951: 10. Management and finance, 1946-1951
11. The search for market outlets, 1943-1951
12. The Company and the British Government, 1946-1951
13. Politics and joint interests in the Middle East, 1946-1951
14. Operations and employment in Iran, 1946-1951
Part III. Crisis in Iran, 1947-1954: 15. The Supplemental Agreement, 1947-1950
16. Nationalisation, January-June 1951
17. Eviction, June-October, 1951
18. Failed initiatives, October 1951-August 1953
19. The Consortium, August 1953-October 1954
Conclusion
Appendices
Biographical details. Nielsen 9780521259507 20160528