The Prize by Daniel Yergin
Written by the author of "Shattered Peace" and "Energy Future", this book brings to life the tycoons, wildcatters, monopolists, regulators, presidents, generals and sheiks whose struggle for oil has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, transformed the destiny of Britain and the world and profoundly changed all our lives. Beginning with the first oil well of the 1850s and continuing up to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, it is a story of greed, gumption nad ingenuity, all in pursuit of "the prize" - worldwide economic, military and political mastery through the control of oil. The book includes the story of Shell Oil, a company forged in defiance of the Standard Oil monopoly by an upstart London trader, using Rothchild connections, Russian oil and Dutch petrolium concession in the East Indies. The central strategic role of oil in both world wars - from the decisive 4-knot-per-hour advantage of oil-burning ships in World War I to Rommel's stalled tank advance at El Alamein in War II (he literally ran out of petrol) The underground battle to wind the greatest prize of all - the Saudi oil concession. The inside story of the discovery of North Sea Oil and its crucial role in undermining the OPEC monopoly.Daniel Yergin, the chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and the Global Energy Expert for CNBC, is a well-known expert on energy, international politics, and economics. Dr. Yergin won the Pulitzer Prize for his number one bestseller The Prize: The Epic Search for Oil, Money, and Power, which was adapted into an eight-hour PBS/BBC series that was seen by 20 million Americans. The book has been translated into a total of 12 different languages. It also won the Eccles Award for best book for a general readership on an economic topic. The Wall Street Journal wrote of Dr. Yergin's subsequent book, Commanding Heights: The Struggle for the Global Economy, No one could ask for a clearer analysis of the world's political and economic fate since WWII.
Dr. Yergin headed the team that turned the book into a six-hour PBS/BBC documentary -- the major PBS television series on globalization. The series got three Emmy nominations, a CINE Golden Eagle Award, and the Gold World Medal for best documentary at the New York Festival. Other publications by Dr. Yergin include Shattered Peace, an award-winning chronicle of the Cold War's origins, Russia 2010 and What It Means for the World (co-authored with Thane Gustafson), and Energy Future: The Report of the Harvard Business School's Energy Project, which he edited with Robert Stobaugh.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780671502485 |
| ISBN 10 | 0671502484 |
| Title | The Prize |
| Author | Daniel Yergin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Year published | 1991-01-14 |
| Number of pages | 912 |
| Prizes | Winner of Pulitzer Prize General Non-Fiction Category 1992 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |