The Secret World of Oil
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The Secret World of Oil by Ken Silverstein
A riveting, immersive investigative expose of the corrupt and violent side of the globe's key industry.
An engaging journey through the sector's murkiest crevices, shot through with ill-concealed disgust at the corruption at its heart* Financial Times *
Crude oil covers crude business practices. In this investigation journalist Ken Silverstein swims through this murky moral world. * New Statesman *
An astounding story ... [Silverstein] has a novelist's eye for meaningful detail and a historian's touch for context. * The San Diego Union-Tribune, in praise of The Radioactive Boy Scout *
Enthralling ... [The Radioactive Boy Scout] has the quirky pleasures of a Don DeLillo novel or an Errol Morris documentary ... An engaging portrait of a person whose life on America's fringe also says something about mainstream America. * Minneapolis Star Tribune, in praise of The Radioactive Boy Scout *
Crude oil covers crude business practices. In this investigation journalist Ken Silverstein swims through this murky moral world. * New Statesman *
An astounding story ... [Silverstein] has a novelist's eye for meaningful detail and a historian's touch for context. * The San Diego Union-Tribune, in praise of The Radioactive Boy Scout *
Enthralling ... [The Radioactive Boy Scout] has the quirky pleasures of a Don DeLillo novel or an Errol Morris documentary ... An engaging portrait of a person whose life on America's fringe also says something about mainstream America. * Minneapolis Star Tribune, in praise of The Radioactive Boy Scout *
Ken Silverstein is a fellow of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. He was a 2010-2012 Open Society Fellow. He served as Washington editor of Harper's magazine from 2006 to 2010. Previously on the staff of the Los Angeles Times, Silverstein has also written for Mother Jones, Wallpaper, Washington Monthly, the Nation, Slate, Salon, and many other publications. In 2005, he received the Overseas Press Club Award for a series, co-written with T. Christian Miller, titled "The Politics of Petroleum" and published in the Los Angeles Times.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781681374 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781681376 |
| Title | The Secret World of Oil |
| Author | Ken Silverstein |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2014-05-13 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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