The Prize
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Now with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, The Prize recounts the panoramic history of the world's most important resource?oil. Daniel Yergin's timeless book chronicles the struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil for decades and that continues to fuel global rivalries, shake the world economy, and transform the destiny of men and nations. This updated edition categorically proves the unwavering significance of oil throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first by tracing economic and political clashes over precious "black gold."
With his far-reaching insight and in-depth research, Yergin is uniquely positioned to address the present battle over energy which undoubtedly ranks as one of the most vital issues of our time. The canvas of his narrative history is enormous?from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Operation Desert Storm, and both the Iraq War and current climate change. The definitive work on the subject of oil, The Prize is a book of extraordinary breadth, riveting excitement, and great value?crucial to our understanding of world politics and the economy today?and tomorrow.
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Of Dr. Yergin's subsequent book, Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy, the Wall Street Journal said: ?No one could ask for a better account of the world's political and economic destiny since World War II.? This book has been translated into 13 languages and Dr. Yergin led the team that turned it into a six-hour PBS/BBC documentary ? the major PBS television series on globalization. The series received three Emmy nominations, a CINE Golden Eagle Award and the New York Festival's Gold World Medal for best documentary. Dr. Yergin's other books include Shattered Peace, an award-winning history of the origins of the Cold War, Russia 2010 and What It Means for the World (with Thane Gustafson), and Energy Future: The Report of the Energy Project at the Harvard Business School, which he edited with Robert Stobaugh.
Content
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Prologue
PART I THE FOUNDERS
Chapter 1 Oil on the Brain: The Beginning
Chapter 2 "Our Plan": John D. Rockefeller and the Combination of American Oil
Chapter 3 Competitive Commerce
Chapter 4 The New Century
Chapter 5 The Dragon Slain
Chapter 6 The Oil Wars: The Rise of Royal Dutch, the Fall of Imperial Russia
Chapter 7 "Beer and Skittles" in Persia
Chapter 8 The Fateful Plunge
PART II THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE
Chapter 9 The Blood of Victory: World War I
Chapter 10 Opening the Door on the Middle East: The Turkish Petroleum Company
Chapter II From Shortage to Surplus: The Age of Gasoline
Chapter 12 "The Fight for New Production"
Chapter 13 The Flood
Chapter 14 "Friends" -- and Enemies
Chapter 15 The Arabian Concessions: The World That Frank Holmes Made
PART III WAR AND STRATEGY
Chapter 16 Japan's Road to War
Chapter 17 Germany's Formula for War
Chapter 18 Japan's Achilles' Heel
Chapter 19 The Allies' War
PART IV THE HYDROCARBON AGE
Chapter 20 The New Center of Gravity
Chapter 21 The Postwar Petroleum Order
Chapter 22 Fifty-Fifty: The New Deal in Oil
Chapter 23 "Old Mossy" and the Struggle for Iran
Chapter 24 The Suez Crisis
Chapter 25 The Elephants
Chapter 26 OPEC and the Surge Pot
Chapter 27 Hydrocarbon Man
PART V THE BATTLE FOR WORLD MASTERY
Chapter 28 The Hinge Years: Countries Versus Companies
Chapter 29 The Oil Weapon
Chapter 30 "Bidding for Our Life"
Chapter 31 OPEC's Imperium
Chapter 32 The Adjustment
Chapter 33 ,The Second Shock: The Great Panic
Chapter 34 "We're Going Down"
Chapter 35 Just Another Commodity?
Chapter 36 The Good Sweating: How Low Can It Go?
Epilogue
Chronology
Oil Prices and Production
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
Index
