THE PRIZE
The struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil
for decades continues to shake the world economy, dictate the outcome of wars,
and transform 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 this history
is enormous -- from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two
great world wars to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm.
The cast extends from wildcatters and rogues to oil tycoons, and from Winston
Churchill and Ibn Saud to George Bush and Saddam Hussein. The definitive work
on the subject of oil and a major contribution to understanding our century,
The Prize is a book of extraordinary breadth, riveting excitement -- and great
importance.
According to
Wikipedia:
The Prize is often cited as
essential background reading for students of the history of petroleum. Prof.
Joseph R. Rudolph Jr. said in Library Journal, for example, that The
Prize, "written by one of the foremost U.S. authorities on energy ... is
a major work in the field, replete with enough insight to satisfy the scholar
and sufficient concern with the drama and colorful personalities in the history
of oil to capture the interest of the general public. Though lengthy, the book
never drags in developing its themes: the relationship of oil to the rise of
modern capitalism; the intertwining relations between oil, politics, and
international power; and the relationship between oil and society in what
Yergin calls today's age of 'Hydrocarbon Man'."
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