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Sand and oil in the wheels of diplomacy

Nature volume 301, pages 547–548 (1983)Cite this article

The History of the British Petroleum Company. Vol. 1. The Developing Years, 1901–1932.

By R.W. Ferrier. Pp.801. ISBN 0-521-24647-4. (Cambridge University Press: 1982.) £35, $64.50.

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  1. Anthony Sampson is author of The Seven Sisters: the Great Oil Companies and the World they Shaped (Hodder & Stoughton, 1975). His most recent book is The Changing Anatomy of Britain, published earlier this year by Hodder & Stoughton.

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