British Diplomatic Oil Crisis: Contemporary Anglo-Saxon Geopolitical Rivalries in the Persian Gulf: Drawing a Lesson? Or Sir Anthony Eden‘s Delusion of Grandeur.

the West was
of paramount importance to both Churchill and Eisenhower.
Therefore, American policy moved towards the British position.

Not only was
the nationalisation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company considered
a major threat to the British economy, but also an embarrassment for the
British Government in regard to its relations with Arab states, and British
economic interests in the Middle East in general.

In the
forthcoming chapters, examination will be made of how the British
Government managed to safeguard the political influence, strategic interest
and national interest of Great Britain, such as oil, in the face of the
nationalisation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, and how it did so in the
context of the rising power of the United States in the Persian Gulf Zone.

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