TYLER PRIEST is an independent scholar and partner in History International, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in corporate histories. He is the author of Offshore Pioneers: Brown & Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas.

• Introduction The "Starch in the Steel": Manganese Metallurgy and Commerce Far-Flung Sources: The Creation of a World Market, 1880-1914 "More Than a Pawn in the Game of War": Global Instabilities, 1905-1919 Filling Big Orders: The Diversification of Supply, 1919-1930 Internationalism vs. Self-Sufficiency: The Making of U.S. Mineral Policy, 1919-1939 Tempting the Brazilians: The Diplomacy of Minerals and Steel, 1930-1945 Extending the Quest: The Crisis of the New Order, 1945-1949 New Frontiers: Restructuring World Supply, 1948-1965 Epilogue and Conclusion Bibliography Tables Maps

TYLER PRIEST is an independent scholar and partner in History International, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in corporate histories. He is the author of Offshore Pioneers: Brown & Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas.

• Introduction The "Starch in the Steel": Manganese Metallurgy and Commerce Far-Flung Sources: The Creation of a World Market, 1880-1914 "More Than a Pawn in the Game of War": Global Instabilities, 1905-1919 Filling Big Orders: The Diversification of Supply, 1919-1930 Internationalism vs. Self-Sufficiency: The Making of U.S. Mineral Policy, 1919-1939 Tempting the Brazilians: The Diplomacy of Minerals and Steel, 1930-1945 Extending the Quest: The Crisis of the New Order, 1945-1949 New Frontiers: Restructuring World Supply, 1948-1965 Epilogue and Conclusion Bibliography Tables Maps

TYLER PRIEST is an independent scholar and partner in History International, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in corporate histories. He is the author of Offshore Pioneers: Brown & Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas.

• Introduction The "Starch in the Steel": Manganese Metallurgy and Commerce Far-Flung Sources: The Creation of a World Market, 1880-1914 "More Than a Pawn in the Game of War": Global Instabilities, 1905-1919 Filling Big Orders: The Diversification of Supply, 1919-1930 Internationalism vs. Self-Sufficiency: The Making of U.S. Mineral Policy, 1919-1939 Tempting the Brazilians: The Diplomacy of Minerals and Steel, 1930-1945 Extending the Quest: The Crisis of the New Order, 1945-1949 New Frontiers: Restructuring World Supply, 1948-1965 Epilogue and Conclusion Bibliography Tables Maps