Venn, FM (2012) 'The wartime "special relationship"? From oil war to Anglo-American Oil Agreement, 1939-1945'. The Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 10 (2). pp. 119-133. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14794012.2012.678126
Venn, FM (2012) 'The wartime "special relationship"? From oil war to Anglo-American Oil Agreement, 1939-1945'. The Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 10 (2). pp. 119-133. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14794012.2012.678126
Venn, FM (2012) 'The wartime "special relationship"? From oil war to Anglo-American Oil Agreement, 1939-1945'. The Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 10 (2). pp. 119-133. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14794012.2012.678126
Abstract
This article examines the nature of the Anglo-American relationship with regard to oil diplomacy during the Second World War, a period often described as the epitome of the so-called ?special relationship?. It reflects on the fraught relations between the British and US Governments regarding control over foreign oil concessions before 1939 in the so-called ?oil war?, and considers whether the negotiation of an Anglo-American Oil Agreement in the closing stages of the War may be interpreted as indicative of a ?special relationship?. Through an examination of government records on both sides of the Atlantic, it concludes that both governments were instead motivated by self-interest and a desire to protect or extend their nationals? oil interests, particularly in the Middle East.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Anglo-American; oil; Second World War |
Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain E History America > E151 United States (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2012 08:48 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 18:36 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/4055 |