Buraimi

The Struggle for Power, Influence and Oil in Arabia

By: Michael Quentin Morton

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Hardcover | 30 August 2013 | Edition Number 1

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304 Pages

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With colourful additions from firsthand accounts, Morton brings a range of historical figures to life, from the American oilmen arriving in steamy Jedda in the 1930s, to the rival sheikhs of the oasis competing for power, wealth and allegiances as well as the great players in world politics: Churchill, Truman and Ibn Saud. This entertaining, yet thoroughly researched book is both a story of decisive conflict in the history of Middle East politics and also of the great changes that the discovery of oil brought to this otherwise desolate land.

About the Author

Michael Quentin Morton grew up in Qatar, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi in the 1950s and 1960s. He then worked in London as a barrister until he decided to write full time on the Middle East in 2008. He has since written a number of books and articles on the history of oil exploration in the Arabian Peninsula.

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'This is very well and entertainingly written and covers the subject in a way I've not seen before, bringing to it a good deal of primary sources research and weaving it together into a riveting story, with lots of juicy anecdotes.' Gerd Nonneman, Al Qasimi Professor of Gulf Studies, Exeter University

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