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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 928 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (19 Jan 2009)
  • ISBN-10: 1847376460
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847376466
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,300 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil for decades continues to shake the world economy, dictate the outcome of wars, and transform 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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Daniel Yergin is a writer of international renown and president of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a leading firm on political risk and economic analysis. He is consulted by ministers, politicians, CEOs and investors around the world.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Book, 30 Aug 2008
By N. GILBERT "Nick G" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prize: Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power (Paperback)
This book informed my thinking on foreign relations like no other. Time and again it makes the link between oil and the involvement of governments in those places where it is found. The book is beautifully written with the first two-thirds reading more like a novel than non-fiction. After reading this book, you will read the news in a different light.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars history of oil industry and effect of oil on the world econs, 16 Oct 2000
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great insight into the history of oil. it eluminates its great importance throughout the 20th cent both politically and econmically.it links the outcome of some world events with the availability and non availability of oil. i borrowed the book from the library twice but now intend to buy it. it is a fantastic read and ref book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Prize, 19 May 2003
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Marvellous book; reads like a novel; instructs painlessly; unputdownable. And there's a great photo of George W Bush as a child!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Still the definitive work on the history of the oil industry
Yergin wrote this book nearly thirty years ago. He's revisted it recently and brought some of it up to date, but the early stuff is fantastic. Read more
Published 1 month ago by P. GRIMSDALE

4.0 out of 5 stars Good!
This is a fantastic introduction to the modern energy business for everyone who is involved or who may be interested in.
Published 2 months ago by Blazej F. Jozefiak

5.0 out of 5 stars An epic
Oil doesn't interest me much at all - nor the "quest for power" - but there's a reason this was awarded the Pulitzer. From the opening page this book is unputdownable. Read more
Published 5 months ago by G. van Vuuren

5.0 out of 5 stars Definative story of the oil business and of the 20th century
This book is a must read it is superbly written and once you start to read you will never stop .It is the ultimate history of the oil business entwined with 20th century history... Read more
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