BURAIMI: THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER, INFLUENCE AND OIL IN ARABIA
Book ID/图书代码： 06545014B67309
English Summary/英文概要： Buraimi is an oasis in an otherwise bleak desert on the border between Oman and the UAE. In the early twentieth century, it shot to notoriety as oil brought the world’s attention to this corner of the Arabian Peninsula, and the ensuing battle over energy resources between regional and global superpowers began. In this lively account, Michael Quentin Morton tells the story of how the power of oil and the conflicting interests of the declining British Empire and the United States all came to a head with the conflict between Great Britain and Saudi Arabia, shaping the very future of the Gulf states. The seeds of conflict over Buraimi were sown during the oil negotiations of 1933 in Jedda, where the international oil companies vied for control of the future industry in the Arabian Peninsula. As a result of lengthy discussions, including the efforts of men such as St John Philby and Ibn Saud himself, the Saudis granted an oil concession for Eastern Arabia without precisely defining the geographical limits of the area to be conceded.
Matters came to a head in 1949 when Saudi Arabia made claim to the territory, and Great Britain, acting on behalf of Oman and Abu Dhabi, challenged the actions of the Saudis. Attempts at arbitration failed, and only one year before Britain’s defeat over the Suez Canal, Britain expelled Saudi Arabia from the oasis. In the wake of Britain’s withdrawal ’East of Suez’ in the early 1970s, the dispute was apparently solved between Saudi Arabia and the UAE. But whilst the controversy dominated Anglo-Saudi relations for more than 30 years, it still casts its shadow across the Gulf today, threatening to expose the fragility of the West’s ever-present dependency on the region for its supply of oil. 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 Buraimi itself competing for power, wealth and allegiances as well as the great players in world politics: Churchill, Truman and Ibn Saud.
This entertaining and thoroughly researched book is both a story of a decisive conflict in the history of Middle East politics and also of the great changes that the discovery of oil brought to this previously desolate land.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 布赖米(Buraimi)是位于阿曼和阿联酋荒凉的沙漠边境的一处绿洲。二十世纪初,石油让世界关注对阿拉伯半岛的这个角落产生了关注而臭名远扬,紧随其后的便是区域和全球超级大国之间持久的能源争夺战。在这部生动的历史书籍中,作者迈克尔•昆汀•莫顿(Michael Quentin Morton)讲述了石油的魅力是如何之强大，是不落的大英帝国为之屈膝，并让美国第一个卷入英国和沙特阿拉伯之间的冲突,从而形成了现在的海湾国家格局。布赖米(Buraimi)冲突的种子在吉达1933年石油谈判期间便被种下了,当时的国际石油公司为了争夺未来对阿拉伯半岛资源的控制权。由于冗长的讨论,包括诸如圣约翰菲尔比和阿拉伯国王本人伊本沙特的努力,在没有精确定义地理限制该地区的情况下，沙特阿拉伯获得东部石油开采的特许权。
1949年事态又发生了新的变化，当沙特阿拉伯对国土领地提出要求时，英国代表阿曼和阿布达比酋长国，质询了沙特的行动。 仲裁尝试失败了，仅一年时间，英国在苏伊士运河失利之前，便被逐出了沙特阿拉伯的绿洲。 由于英国在70年代初期紧随其后的 ‘苏伊士之东’的败退，沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯联合酋长国之间争端问题被化解。 但随之由英美为主控制下的沙特争端一直持续了30多年，直至今日其对整个海湾地区的影响一直存在，暴露出西方世界始终对中东地区石油供应的威胁。莫顿列举了一系列的历史人物，从美国石油商在上世纪30年代到达吉达（沙特阿拉伯红海沿岸的港口城市），到布赖米(Buraimi)各地区的阿拉伯酋长之间为了争夺权利，财富，资源的互相角力，以及世界政坛的那些大玩家：丘吉尔、杜鲁门和阿拉伯国王伊本沙特Ibn Saud。（Sandy）
Awards/获奖情况：’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
About the Author/作者介绍： 迈克尔•昆汀•莫顿(Michael Quentin Morton)上世纪50年代和60年代期间在卡塔尔,巴林和阿布扎比长大，是运用其第一手资料的大律师，他曾发表过许多关于阿拉伯半岛石油勘探历史的文献资料。"Buraimi: the Struggle for Power, Influence and Oil in Arabia" is a ground breaking new history of a little-known but dangerous stand-off in the Middle East.
Buraimi is an oasis in south-eastern Arabia. In the early 20th century it shot to notoriety as oil brought the world’s attention to this corner of the Arabian Peninsula. In this exciting account of the conflict, Michael Quentin Morton tells the story of how the overwhelming power of oil and the conflicting interests of the declining British Empire and the United States all came to a head, shaping the future of the Gulf States.
With colourful additions from first-hand accounts, Morton brings a range of historical figures to life, from the American oilmen arriving in steamy Jeddah 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 lbn 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 land.
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