The Prize

by Yergin, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780671502485
• ISBN10: 0671502484
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-01-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

Pulitzer Prize Winner -- and Now an Epic PBS Series 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.

Table of Contents

List of MapPrologue

The Founders

Oil on the Brain: The Beginning

""Our Plan""

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 Global Struggle

The Blood of Victory: World War I

Opening the Door on the Middle East: The

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