Anderson, Irvine H., Jr. <br/><br/>
The Standard-Vacuum Oil Company and United States East Asian Policy, 1933-1941. 

 - Princeton :  Princeton University Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource (274 pages). 
 - Princeton Legacy Library .
<br/><br/> Cover; Contents; Appendices. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 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 American direct investment in Asia before the war. In the context of Stanvac's relations with various governments, the author examines the ways in which United States petroleum policy was formulated and the arrangements by which Japan sought to increase its oil reserves. He provides new insight into the impact of the f. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400867004 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Standard-Vacuum Oil Company.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Corporations, Foreign--Indonesia.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9569  / .S736 2015