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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power - Couverture souple

Yergin, Daniel

 
9780671799328: The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0671799320 ISBN 13 : 9780671799328
Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

Copertina plastificata, Pagine integre. Ottimo (Fine) .

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth 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 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.

Revue de presse

"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

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Éditeur
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0671799320
ISBN 13 
9780671799328
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
885
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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