The Prize; The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power

Daniel Yergin

ISBN 10: 0671502484 / ISBN 13: 9780671502485

Edité par Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1991

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Simon & Schuster, New York. 1991. Hardcover. 7th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a gift inscription on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good +; llight bumping to tail; light suntoning to spine. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($27.50); light edge bumping; light toning to spine; small areas of vinyl separation from paper at top and bottom of DJ. Blue paper over boards with white cloth overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 877 pp + xxxii index 8vo. The author lays out the panoramic history of oil around the world and how the struggle for wealth and power has always surrounded it. It is a struggle that has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. This book is as much a history of the modern world as of the oil industry, for oil has shaped the politics of the 20th Century and has profoundly changed the way we lead our lives. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Prize; The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
• Date de parution: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0671502484
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780671502485
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 5th or later Printin
• État de l'article: Very Good +
• État de la jaquette: Very Good +
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • U.S. History/ Politics/ Presidental Matters
  • Business/Trade/Industry
  • Energy/Oil/Gas

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Synopsis

Written by the author of "Shattered Peace" and "Energy Future", this book brings to life the tycoons, wildcatters, monopolists, regulators, presidents, generals and sheiks whose struggle for oil has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, transformed the destiny of Britain and the world and profoundly changed all our lives. Beginning with the first oil well of the 1850s and continuing up to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, it is a story of greed, gumption nad ingenuity, all in pursuit of "the prize" - worldwide economic, military and political mastery through the control of oil. The book includes the story of Shell Oil, a company forged in defiance of the Standard Oil monopoly by an upstart London trader, using Rothchild connections, Russian oil and Dutch petrolium concession in the East Indies. The central strategic role of oil in both world wars - from the decisive 4-knot-per-hour advantage of oil-burning ships in World War I to Rommel's stalled tank advance at El Alamein in War II (he literally ran out of petrol) The underground battle to wind the greatest prize of all - the Saudi oil concession. The inside story of the discovery of North Sea Oil and its crucial role in undermining the OPEC monopoly.

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.