First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Oil, imperialism and the British state - the origins of the crisis; problems of union mobilization - the 1970s and 1980s; prelude to action; the summer of discontent; Lord Cullen's Report; `a profound change in culture'; the strategy of containment; paying for the piper?; striking out - setting a new agenda; the future of offshore trade unionism; the restructuring of Britain's oil and gas - the supply industry; conclusion - an unsafe future.