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.”

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. 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. Part V: Battle for world mastery.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” ( The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis.The new center of gravity The postwar petroleum order Fifty-fifty : The new deal in oil 'Old Mossy' and the struggle for Iran The Suez Crisis The elephants OPEC and the surge pot Hydrocarbon man Japan's road to war Germany's formula for war Japan's Achilles' heel The Allies' war The blood of victory : World War I Opening the door on the Middle East : The Turkish Petroleum Company From shortage to surplus : the age of gasoline 'The fight for new production' The flood 'Friends' - and enemies The Arabian concessions : the world that Frank Holmes made Rockefeller and the Combination of American Oil Competitive commerce The new century The dragon slain The oil wars : the rise of Royal Dutch, the fall of Imperial Russia 'Beer and skittles' in Persia The fateful plunge

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The epic quest for oil money and power