The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & PowerThe 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. |
Contents
Our Plan John D Rockefeller and the Combination of American | |
Competitive Commerce | |
The New Century | |
The Dragon Slain | |
The Oil Wars The Rise of Royal Dutch the Fall of Imperial Russia | |
Beer and Skittles in Persia | |
The Fateful Plunge | |
The Elephants | |
OPEC and the Surge | |
Hydrocarbon | |
THE BATTLE FOR WORLD MASTERY | |
The Hinge Years Countries Versus Companies | |
The Oil Weapon | |
Bidding for Our Life | |
OPECs Imperium | |
The Blood of Victory World War I | |
Opening the Door on the Middle East The Turkish Petroleum Company | |
From Shortage to Surplus The Age of Gasoline | |
The Fight for New Production | |
The Flood | |
Friendsand Enemies | |
The Arabian Concessions The World That Frank Holmes Made | |
Japans Road to | |
Germanys Formula for | |
Japans Achilles Heel | |
The Allies | |
The New Center of Gravity | |
The Postwar Petroleum Order | |
FiftyFifty The New Deal in | |
Old Mossy and the Struggle for Iran | |
The Suez Crisis | |
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