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Autore |
Hellema Duco |
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The Netherlands and the oil crisis [[electronic resource] ] : business as usual / / Duco Hellema, Cees Wiebes, Toby Witte ; [translation, Murray Pearson] |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-97248-7 |
9786611972486 |
90-485-0364-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Collana |
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Amsterdam Archaeological Studies |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WiebesCees |
WitteGerardus Tobias <1955-> |
PearsonMurray |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Petroleum industry and trade - Netherlands |
Energy policy - Netherlands |
World politics - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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A translation of Doelwit Rotterdam: Nederland en de oliecrisis, Den Hagg : Sdu, 1998. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. War in the Middle East -- 2. Difficulties -- 3. European Divisions -- 4. Domestic Measures -- 5. A European Summit -- 6. Rationing -- 7. From Copenhagen to Washington -- 8. Sweating it out -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Archival Records -- List of Acronyms and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This incisive study examines the role of the Netherlands in the October War and the oil crisis of 1973. The authors contend that the actions of the Dutch government were hypocritical: the Dutch government faced a domestic crisis when an oil embargo was levied against them by Arab countries for selling arms to Israel; yet after oil began arriving again two months later, the Dutch rejected a proposal for a stricter interventionist energy policy within the European Union. A probing and thought-provoking study, The Netherlands and the Oil Crisis draws on previously unavailable archival sources to shed new light on a pivotal |
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