ABSTRACT The First World War saw the emergence of a ‘politics of oil’/politique de pétrole centred on energy security. On both sides of the Channel, ministers toyed with different ways of achieving national ‘control’ of oil, some étatiste, others laissez-faire. With the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, Mesopotamian oil awaited allocation. Considering how little it contributed to the war in the Middle East, France did well out of this allocation. British concessions constituted an oily entente, more striking as Anglo-French relations deteriorated in the early 1920s. In seeking to explain this entente, inter-oil company as well as international relations need consideration. Oil companies used lobbying, the media, and mercantilist rhetoric to shape apparently ‘national’ oil policies in their own interests. The oily entente served the interest of an emerging world cartel more than it did British or French energy security.

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油腻的协约：法国、英国和摩苏尔问题，1916-1925

摘要 第一次世界大战出现了以能源安全为中心的“石油政治”/石油政治。在海峡两岸，部长们玩弄着实现国家对石油“控制”的不同方式，有些是民族主义，有些则是自由放任。随着奥斯曼帝国的失败，美索不达米亚的石油等待分配。考虑到它对中东战争的贡献微乎其微，法国在这笔分配中做得很好。英国的让步构成了一个油腻的协约，随着英法关系在 1920 年代初期恶化，这一点更加引人注目。在试图解释这一协议时，需要考虑石油公司间和国际关系。石油公司利用游说、媒体和重商主义的言论来塑造明显符合他们自身利益的“国家”石油政策。