William Stivers
Biographic Data
| ID | 5365622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Stivers |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Stivers |
| SIGNATURE | STIVERS W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colorado College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Incomplete Blockade
America's Confrontation with Revolutionary Change in the Middle East, 1948-83
Journal Article America's Confrontation with Revolutionary Change in the Middle East, 1948–83. By William Stivers. (New York: St. Martin's, 1986. ix + 132 pp. $24.95.) Get access James L. Gormly James L. Gormly Pan American University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 4, March 1988, Pages 1388–1389, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894502 Published: 01 March 1988
America’s Confrontation with Revolutionary Change in the Middle East, 1948–83
America's Confrontation with Revolutionary Change in the Middle East, 1948-83
The Strategic Formulation
Decolonisation would transform the strategic topography of the world. Newly independent states could turn not only against the West, but also against each other, sparking local conflicts that could expand in wider, and more dangerous, directions. At the same time, the loss of territory to Western control would make it all the more difficult to maintain the military presence which seemed so urgent in view of portentous shifts in global power. Nowh…
A Note on the Red Line Agreement
On 31 July 1928 a working agreement was signed setting up the first international consortium to exploit oil resources in the Middle East. The prewar Turkish Petroleum Company (TPC) was reconstituted, joining together the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), the Royal Dutch Shell Company, the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (CFP), and a five-member American consortium headed by Standard Oil of New Jersey. The four parties each took a 233⁄4 percent s…
Supremacy and Oil
Doves, Hawks, and Detente
International Politics and Iraqi Oil, 1918–1928
In recent years the political turmoil in the Middle East, the activities of OPEC, and the threat of “the oil weapon” have created so many reverberations in the industrialized world that it is easy to forget that petroleum has long been a significant factor in international politics. A relatively early case in point is the controversy that emerged after World War I when British and American interests clashed over the control and exploitation of th…
International Politics and Iraqi Oil, 1918–1928
In recent years the political turmoil in the Middle East, the activities of OPEC, and the threat of “the oil weapon” have created so many reverberations in the industrialized world that it is easy to forget that petroleum has long been a significant factor in international politics. A relatively early case in point is the controversy that emerged after World War I when British and American interests clashed over the control and exploitation of th…
Doves, Hawks, and Detente
International Politics and Iraqi Oil, 1918–1928
In recent years the political turmoil in the Middle East, the activities of OPEC, and the threat of “the oil weapon” have created so many reverberations in the industrialized world that it is easy to forget that petroleum has long been a significant factor in international politics. A relatively early case in point is the controversy that emerged after World War I when British and American interests clashed over the control and exploitation of th…
A Note on the Red Line Agreement
On 31 July 1928 a working agreement was signed setting up the first international consortium to exploit oil resources in the Middle East. The prewar Turkish Petroleum Company (TPC) was reconstituted, joining together the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), the Royal Dutch Shell Company, the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (CFP), and a five-member American consortium headed by Standard Oil of New Jersey. The four parties each took a 233⁄4 percent s…
Supremacy and Oil
America’s Confrontation with Revolutionary Change in the Middle East, 1948–83
America's Confrontation with Revolutionary Change in the Middle East, 1948-83
The Strategic Formulation
Decolonisation would transform the strategic topography of the world. Newly independent states could turn not only against the West, but also against each other, sparking local conflicts that could expand in wider, and more dangerous, directions. At the same time, the loss of territory to Western control would make it all the more difficult to maintain the military presence which seemed so urgent in view of portentous shifts in global power. Nowh…
America's Confrontation with Revolutionary Change in the Middle East, 1948-83
Journal Article America's Confrontation with Revolutionary Change in the Middle East, 1948–83. By William Stivers. (New York: St. Martin's, 1986. ix + 132 pp. $24.95.) Get access James L. Gormly James L. Gormly Pan American University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 4, March 1988, Pages 1388–1389, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894502 Published: 01 March 1988
The Incomplete Blockade
Political science (8 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Middle East (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (3 works)