The Prize

The Prize

by Yergin, Daniel

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Deemed "the best history of oil ever written" by Business Week and with more than 300,000 copies in print, Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prize--winning account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power has been extensively updated to address the current energy crisis

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The Prize / Daniel Yergin.

Summary

Deemed "the best history of oil ever written" by Business Week and with more than 300,000 copies in print, Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prize--winning account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power has been extensively updated to address the current energy crisis

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Free Press
  • Place of Publication:Place of publication not identified
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781439134832, 1439134839
  • oclc:on1014251775
  • LC Classification:HD9560.6
  • Dewey Decimal:338.272820904

Table of Contents

Part I: Founders. Oil on the brain : the beginning ; "Our plan" : John D. Rockefeller and the Combination of American Oil ; 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 -- Part II: The global struggle. 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 ; "Friends" -- and enemies ; The Arabian concessions : the world that Frank Holmes made -- Part III: War and strategy. Japan's road to war ; Germany's formula for war ; Japan's Achilles' heel ; The Allies' war -- Part IV: Hydrocarbon age. The new center of gravity ; The postwar petroleum order ; Fifty-fifty : The new deal in oil ; "Old Mossy" and the struggle for Iran ; The Suez Crisis ; The elephants ; OPEC and the surge pot ; Hydrocarbon man -- Part V: Battle for world mastery. The hinge years : countries versus companies ; The oil weapon ; "Bidding for our life" -- OPEC's imperium ; The adjustment ; The second shock : the great panic ; "We're going do…

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Subjects

1900-talet Andra världskriget 1939-1945 Erdöl Första världskriget 1914-1918 Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Causes Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Causes History Krigsorsaker Oljeindustri -- militära aspekter Oljeindustri -- politiska aspekter Pétrole -- Industrie et commerce -- 20e… Petroleum industry and trade -- Militar… Petroleum industry and trade -- Militar… Petroleum industry and trade -- Politic… Petroleum industry and trade -- Politic… Politique mondiale -- 20e siècle War -- Causes Wirtschaft World politics World politics -- 20th century

Writers

Yergin, Daniel

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