The Netherlands and the Oil Crisis: Business as Usual

Duco Hellema; Cees Wiebes; Toby Witte

book: The Netherlands and the Oil Crisis

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2004

The Netherlands and the Oil Crisis

Business as Usual

Duco Hellema , Cees Wiebes and Toby Witte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048503643

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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.

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Duco Hellema is professor of international relations at the University of Utrecht. Cees Wiebes lectures in political science at the University of Amsterdam. Toby Witte lectures in political science at the Rotterdam Polytechnic.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Foreword Open Access Download PDF	9
1. War in the Middle East Open Access Download PDF	13
2. Difficulties Open Access Download PDF	41
3. European Divisions Open Access Download PDF	73
4. Domestic Measures Open Access Download PDF	97
5. A European Summit Open Access Download PDF	117
6. Rationing Open Access Download PDF	157
7. From Copenhagen to Washington Open Access Download PDF	191
8. Sweating it out Open Access Download PDF	221
Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	255
Notes Open Access Download PDF	265
Archival Records Open Access Download PDF	297
List of Acronyms and Terms Open Access Download PDF	301
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	304
Index of Names Open Access Download PDF	313
Index of Subjects Open Access Download PDF	316

Languages: English, English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 320

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Published: October 7, 2004
ISBN: 9789048503643