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Title: PRIZE : THE EPIC QUEST FOR OIL, MONEY & POWER by Daniel Yergin ISBN: 0-671-79932-0 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.65 (66 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Top notch
Comment: This book is a complete and thorough history of the most important natural resource. Its reach is unequalled. From the beginning of the industry in western Pennsylvania to oil's modern strategic importance, the book is simply awesome in scope. Yergin does an excellent job of telling the story and backing it with plenty of source information and footnotes.
After reading this book, I see World War II in a completely new way. Oil as a strategic resource has changed the face of warfare. I always knew this, but couldn't tell you exactly why. After reading this book, I can tell you why. I loved the history of the Germans' and Japanese efforts at synthetic fuels productions. This book also contains a good chapter about the Iran-Iraq war, a topic that has been relatively difficult to find good information on.
If I was forced to make one critical comment about this book I would say that I would have liked to have had one chapter describing some of the basic technical processes involved in refining oil. But with such a long and informative book, I suppose everybody could list "one" more chapter that they would have liked.
Read this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A chronicle of the price of oil and oil discovery
Comment: This is an accomplished work detailing the story of oil from the mid nineteenth century to the end of the gulf war. I found the story riveting up until the end of the second world war. The book loses it's grip on the significance of oil in history here. The focus shifts to oil prices, markets and many far too broad issues for a reader to easily ingest and understand. I found the details of the Middle East conflicts muddled and lacking a clear insight. The grasp on history slips into uncertainty. Possibily not all information is available to the author due to national security however he omits to say if this is so and the picture can be confusing. By contrast the first half or so of the book has a clear grasp of the story being told. Significant individuals are singled out and the narrative proceeds with a natural development of human proportions. The forces at work are clearly expressed and conveyed. Some flashes of this story telling ability appear later in the book but as the story goes global and more up-to-date the sureness of touch is lost. The reader really needs to want to read about oil price fluctuation in order to enjoy this latter part of the book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A PULITZER
Comment: DANIEL YERGIN'S THE PRIZE, A PULITZER !!!
WAITING FOR THE VIDEO ON DVD......
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Title: The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy by Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw ISBN: 068483569X Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Color of Oil : The History, the Money and the Politics of the World's Biggest Business by Michael Economides, Ronald Oligney, Armando Izquierdo, Micheal Economides ISBN: 0967724805 Publisher: Round Oak Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Hubbert's Peak : The Impending World Oil Shortage by Kenneth S. Deffeyes ISBN: 0691116253 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 11 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict With a New Introduction by the Author by Michael T. Klare ISBN: 0805055762 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 13 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Russia 2010 : And What It Means for the World by Thane Gustafson, Daniel Yergin ISBN: 0679759220 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 February, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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