Harold Ickes and United States Foreign Petroleum Policy Planning, 1939–1945

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ID9625484
AuthorsStephen J Randall (0009-0000-4026-0446, McGill University, corresponding author)
Year1983
Volume57
Issue3
Pages367-387
Publication date1983-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Business History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3114049
OpenAlexW2325205806
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

As Secretary of the Interior and Petroleum Administrator for War, Harold Ickes played a significant, albeit hitherto largely overlooked, role in the formulation of United States foreign petroleum policy planning during World War II. As Petroleum Administrator for War, Ickes worked closely with oil company personnel who shared his commitment to planning and government-industry cooperation. In addition, as a firm believer in the need for a coherent national petroleum policy, Ickes played a major role in broadening the mandate of the ill-fated Petroleum Reserves Corporation. While business groups generally opposed this broadened mandate, business opposition was by no means monolithic and was, in fact, reinforced by considerable opposition from within the government itself

Corporation · Economic history · Economics · Foreign policy · Government (linguistics · Gulf war · Mandate · Opposition (politics · Petroleum · Petroleum industry · Political science · Politics · World War II · Chemistry · Engineering · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Law · Public Administration

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