PublishedFree Press, May 2009 |
ISBN9781439110126 |
FormatSoftcover, 928 pages |
Dimensions23.5cm × 15.5cm × 4.5cm |
This book recounts the panoramic history of the world's most important resource, oil. From the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two world wars, to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Operation Desert Storm, the Iraq War and climate change, Yergin chronicles the struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil for decades.
Now with a new epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, 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."
