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Author Anderson, Irvine H., Jr

Title The Standard-Vacuum Oil Company and United States East Asian Policy, 1933-1941
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (274 pages)
Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. THRUST, PARRY, LUNGE, AND COMPROMISE -- TWO. THE PRINCIPLE OF THE OPEN DOOR -- THREE. AND JAPAN'S "QUEST FOR AUTONOMY -- FOUR. CONFLICT IN CHINA -- FIVE. HULL PROTECTS THE INDIES -- SIX. UNTIL PATIENCE RUNS OUT -- EPILOGUE AND CONCLUSIONS -- Appendices -- ESSAY ON SOURCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary Oil was a basic source of conflict between the United States and Japan. This book examines the role played by the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company in the crisis that led to Pearl Harbor. ""Stanvac"" was the largest American supplier of oil to Japan and represented the single largest American direct investment in Asia before the war. In the context of Stanvac's relations with various governments, the author examines the ways in which United States petroleum policy was formulated and the arrangements by which Japan sought to increase its oil reserves. He provides new insight into the impact of the f
Notes Cover; Contents; Appendices
In English
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Subject Standard-Vacuum Oil Company.
Standard-Vacuum Oil Company
Corporations, Foreign -- Indonesia
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Energy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Corporations, Foreign
Diplomatic relations
Business & Economics.
Industries.
United States -- Foreign relations.
Indonesia
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400867004
1400867002