Reviews for Libya Oil & Gas Sector Business & Investment Opportunities Yearbook

The average rating for Libya Oil & Gas Sector Business & Investment Opportunities Yearbook based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-08-01 00:00:00 Jason Madrak Khomeini once said something along the lines of, whenever the west says anything bad about you, know that you are on the right track. This book, written by a British General, proves not only that statement but also its inverse. You know his lavish praises on certain situations and Kings in the book is only prove how much these Iranian decisions and Kings disadvantaged Iran. The Qajar period did little to help Iran progress in the world. Their kingship was froth with concessions to Russia and British, of which the General writes in such a way as if Iran is advantaged through their help. It is always so expected and yet so distressing to realize how little the west have changed in their way in regards to the east. Even during the Qajar days, the west writes in such a way as if they wear HELPING us. Their relationship with Iran is written in a way that we, as Iranians, should be happy and pleased and our Kings commended for the concessions, and any revolt against this status quo to be discouraged, not due to the harm it does to the west, but as they claim, the harm it does for the good of Iran. In the book, they lavish praise on Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. He was the king that gave multiple concessions to foreign powers, of which they plundered Iran's resources, in exchange for capital that the Shah wasted. One such case was his concession to allowing Britain to have the full monopoly on Iran's tobacco (sale, purchase, and processing). It was only withdrawn due to widespread public outcry, including a fatwa that called for the complete ban on tobacco smoking. It apparently was so binding in people's eyes that even Shah's wives would stop him from smoking. In the author's eyes, this amazing unity of Iranian men and women against foreign intervention, bypassing their own rulers, is written in a way to claim that the Iranians were shortsighted and they didn't know the monopoly would have brought multiple benefits to the Iranians. Probably, in his eyes, the way the East-Indian Company brought to India. It is clear that they believed their own bullshit and it is clear they still do. The biggest shame is that there are still a lot of Iranians that still get led astray. Shame on us.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-09-04 00:00:00 Richard Binion This is a very scholarly work, full of survey data, supplies costs, and etymological analysis of place names. Burton seeks out evidence for an auriferous Midian on the Saudi Arabian coast of Gulf of Aqaba. From the shore there of the Tabuk region, Burton looks back into antiquity and sees the gold mine of Solomon's Bathsheba and the Red Sea that swallowed Pharaoh's hordes. There is much in the way of making real Bible history here with much of the detail and footnotes and occasional glimpses into the meetings and human moments of the journey from Egypt.