The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
by: Daniel Yergin
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Daniel Yergin's first prize-winning book, Shattered Peace, was ahistory of the Cold War. Afterwards the young academic star joined the energyproject of the Harvard Business School and wrote the best-seller Energy Future. Following on fromthere, The Prize, winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, isa comprehensive history of one of the commodities that powers the world--oil.Founded in the 19th century, the oil industry began producing kerosene forlamps and progressed to gasoline. Huge personal fortunes arose from it, andwhole nations sprung out of the power politics of the oil wells. Yergin'sfascinating account sweeps from early robber barons like John D.Rockefeller, to the oil crisis ofthe 1970s,through to the Gulf War.
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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.
Daniel Yergin's first prize-winning book, Shattered Peace, was ahistory of the Cold War. Afterwards the young academic star joined the energyproject of the Harvard Business School and wrote the best-seller Energy Future. Following on fromthere, The Prize, winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, isa comprehensive history of one of the commodities that powers the world--oil.Founded in the 19th century, the oil industry began producing kerosene forlamps and progressed to gasoline. Huge personal fortunes arose from it, andwhole nations sprung out of the power politics of the oil wells. Yergin'sfascinating account sweeps from early robber barons like John D.Rockefeller, to the oil crisis ofthe 1970s,through to the Gulf War.
Product Description:
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.
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- An Overwrought Encyclopedia
The first 200 pages of "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power" are compelling and fascinating because they are about the compelling and fascinating characters who created the modern oil industry. There is, of course, John D. Rockefeller whose organizational genius permitted the rise of Standard Oil, the antecedent of today's Exxon-Mobil. Then there is the hopelessly disorganized but very lucky British merchant Marcus Samuel who founded Shell, and the meticulous and disciplined Dutchman ... Read More
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- the truth behind gas prices
Very informative. If legislators would have read this book back in 1992 we would be energy independent today. Oil is used as a weapon against America, the free World and it's citizens. Even the "Big 5" oil companies (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP Arco, Chevron, Conoco Phillips)who operate in America and import oil from the Middle East are putting America and Americans at risk. As the author of, The Truth Behind Gas Prices, I say it is time to get energy independent. The Prize will not tell you how ... Read More
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- The Necessary Political and Economic Lubricant
The recent and tumultuous situation with petroleum pricing, coupled with the obviously baleful effects on the environment of hydrocarbon fuels, combined with rising demands, diminishing supplies, economic turmoil in the world economy and sourcing from the ever-unstable Middle East prompted me to re-read Daniel Yergin's masterpiece, "The Prize".
While everyone has an opinion on petroleum pricing and usage, ranging from simple-minded conspiracy theories to empirical invocations of "market economies", ... Read More
Rating: - A must-read for everybody
The Prize is a feast of a book. It is one of my all time favorites, including novels, biographies and the lot. Daniel Yergin, the author, makes a very exciting plot of the history of the oil business, starting in Pennsylvania in 1859.
The best parts, both analytical and epical, is where he writes about the upstream part of the oil business, ie. exploring, finding and producing crude. The story takes us from Pennsylvania, to Texas, Indonesia, Russia, Venezuela, Mexico, Persia, Kuwait and Saudi-Arabia ... Read More
Rating: - Oil and the World
Daniel Yergin's well-researched and sourced book provides the oil-based context for much of what happened, happens, and will happen in politics and war.A must read for those who want to understand the world in which they live.
- An Overwrought EncyclopediaThe first 200 pages of "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power" are compelling and fascinating because they are about the compelling and fascinating characters who created the modern oil industry. There is, of course, John D. Rockefeller whose organizational genius permitted the rise of Standard Oil, the antecedent of today's Exxon-Mobil. Then there is the hopelessly disorganized but very lucky British merchant Marcus Samuel who founded Shell, and the meticulous and disciplined Dutchman ... Read More
- the truth behind gas prices Very informative. If legislators would have read this book back in 1992 we would be energy independent today. Oil is used as a weapon against America, the free World and it's citizens. Even the "Big 5" oil companies (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP Arco, Chevron, Conoco Phillips)who operate in America and import oil from the Middle East are putting America and Americans at risk. As the author of, The Truth Behind Gas Prices, I say it is time to get energy independent. The Prize will not tell you how ... Read More
- The Necessary Political and Economic LubricantThe recent and tumultuous situation with petroleum pricing, coupled with the obviously baleful effects on the environment of hydrocarbon fuels, combined with rising demands, diminishing supplies, economic turmoil in the world economy and sourcing from the ever-unstable Middle East prompted me to re-read Daniel Yergin's masterpiece, "The Prize".
While everyone has an opinion on petroleum pricing and usage, ranging from simple-minded conspiracy theories to empirical invocations of "market economies", ... Read More
- A must-read for everybodyThe Prize is a feast of a book. It is one of my all time favorites, including novels, biographies and the lot. Daniel Yergin, the author, makes a very exciting plot of the history of the oil business, starting in Pennsylvania in 1859.
The best parts, both analytical and epical, is where he writes about the upstream part of the oil business, ie. exploring, finding and producing crude. The story takes us from Pennsylvania, to Texas, Indonesia, Russia, Venezuela, Mexico, Persia, Kuwait and Saudi-Arabia ... Read More
- Oil and the WorldDaniel Yergin's well-researched and sourced book provides the oil-based context for much of what happened, happens, and will happen in politics and war.A must read for those who want to understand the world in which they live.
