The Standard-Vacuum Oil Company and United States East Asian Policy, 1933-1941.

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 A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Irvine H., Jr
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=946596
Table of 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.