Volume 1: List of tables
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Maps
Note on bibliography
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. The acquisition of the D'Arcy concession 1901
2. The funding and finding of oil 1901-8
3. The formation of the Anglo-Persian oil company 1909
4. Progress in Persia 1908-14
5. Fuel oil and the admirality 1912-14
6. The government and the company: the early years 1914-19
7. Persia: the scene of operations 1914-18
8. Management and finance 1918-28
9. Government and concessionary relations 1919-26
10. Technical activities: years of endeavour and achievement 1918-32
11. Downstream activities 1919-28
12. The expansion of international interests 1919-28
13. The importance of the Persian dimension 1926-32
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliographical details of important personalities
Notes
Index. Volume 2: Introduction
Part I. Depression, Recovery and War, 1928-1945: 1. Management and finance, 1928-1945
2. A new concession and a 'fresh start' in Iran, 1932-1939
3. Operations and employment in Iran, 1928-1939
4. Co-operation in the markets, 1928-1939
5. Concessionary interests outside Iran, 1928-1939
6. The British Government and oil, 1928-1939
7. Research and technical progress, 1928-1939
8. War, 1939-1945
9. Transition in Iran, 1939-1947
Part II. Postwar Expansion, 1946-1951: 10. Management and finance, 1946-1951
11. The search for market outlets, 1943-1951
12. The Company and the British Government, 1946-1951
13. Politics and joint interests in the Middle East, 1946-1951
14. Operations and employment in Iran, 1946-1951
Part III. Crisis in Iran, 1947-1954: 15. The Supplemental Agreement, 1947-1950
16. Nationalisation, January-June 1951
17. Eviction, June-October, 1951
18. Failed initiatives, October 1951-August 1953
19. The Consortium, August 1953-October 1954
Conclusion
Appendices
Biographical details.
