The Netherlands and the oil crisis : : business as usual / / Duco Hellema, Cees Wiebes, Toby Witte ; [translation, Murray Pearson].

• Superior document: Amsterdam Archaeological Studies
• Author: Hellema, Duco.
• TeilnehmendeR: Wiebes, Cees.; Witte, Gerardus Tobias, 1955-; Pearson, Murray.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Amsterdam Archaeological Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Notes: A translation of Doelwit Rotterdam: Nederland en de oliecrisis, Den Hagg : Sdu, 1998.
• Other title: 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
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1281972487; 9786611972486; 9048503647
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Duco Hellema, Cees Wiebes, Toby Witte ; [translation, Murray Pearson].

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 moment in contemporary Dutch history.