BOOK REVIEWS

O il , P ower AND P olitics . C onflict I n A rabia , T he R ed S ea A nd T he G ulf . By M ordechai A bir . A rab S tates O f T he L ower G ulf . P eople , P olitics , P etroleum . By J ohn D uke A nthony . T he N ew O il S takes . By J ean ‐M arie C hevalier . O il A nd P olitics . By H enry M adelin . Translated from the French by M argaret T otman . A P lain M an's G uide T o O i . By P hilip W indsor . T he S even S isters . T he G reat O il C ompanies A nd T he W orld T hey M ade . By A nthony S ampson . T he C ritical P hase I n T anzania 1945–1968. N yerere A nd T he H eagence O f A S ocialist S trategy . By C ranford P ratt . I ndustrial R elations I n F leet S treet . By K eith S isson . T he F oreign P olicy P rocess in B ritaik . By W illiam W allace . L loyd G eorge . By P eter R owland . T he P olitics of R eappraisal 1918–1939. Edited by G illian P eele and C hris C ook . B ritish G overnment 1966–1975: Y ears of R eform . By F raxk S tacey . L essons of U lster . By T. E. U tley . T he O rigim of U lster U nionism . By P eter G ibbon . T he E dwardiass : T he R emakixg OF B ritish S ociety . By P agl T hompson . N onconformity in M odern B ritish P olitics . By S tephen K oss . B ritish P ublic O pinion and the A byssinian W ar 1935–36. By D aniel W aley . P ower A nd P arty B ureaucracy in B ritain . By D avid J. W ilsox . T he C ommonwealth . By P eter B. H arris . T he O ffice of P rime M inister . By R obert B lake . T he T iger : T he L ife of G eorces C leyenceau 1841–1929. By E dgar H olt .