The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

by Daniel Yergin (Author), Daniel Yergin ( ) (Author)

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2008
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The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil - and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize is as much a history of the twentieth century as of the oil industry itself. The canvas of history is enormous - from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqui invastion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm.

Synopsis

The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil - and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize is as much a history of the twentieth century as of the oil industry itself. The canvas of history is enormous - from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqui invastion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm.

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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 23 Dec 2008
ISBN 10: 1439110123
ISBN 13: 9781439110126

Media Reviews

Spellbinding...irresistible...monumental...must be read to understand the first thing about the role of oil in modern history. -- The New York Times
A masterly narrative...The Prize portrays the interweaving of national and corporate interests, the conflicts and stratagems, the miscalculations, the follies, and the ironies. -- James Schlesinger, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and U.S. Secretary of Energy
Splendid and epic history of oil.... The story is brilliantly told...with its remarkable cast of characters. -- The Wall Street Journal
Impassioned and riveting...only in the great epics of Homer will readers regularly run into a comparable string of larger-than-life swashbucklers and statesmen, heroes and villains. -- San Francisco Examiner

Author Bio

Daniel Yergin is the bestselling author of The Prize, The Commanding Heights, Shattered Peace, Russia 2010, and What It Means for the World, and coauthor of Energy Future. Chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a leading international energy consulting firm, he is also global energy expert for the CNBC business news network.