The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Year
- 2012
- ISBN-13
- 9781471104756
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Oil industryGeopoliticsGlobal economic power
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionWonMajor(1992)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(1991)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for HistoryShortlisted(1991)
Other awarded books from Daniel Yergin
- The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
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