The prize the epic quest for oil, money and power

Deemed «the best history of oil ever written» by Business Week and with more than 300,000 copies in print, Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power has been extensively updated to address the current energy crisis. List of Maps Prologue PART I: THE FOUNDERS Chapter 1: Oil on the Brain: The Beginning Chapter 2: “Our Plan”: John D. Rockefeller and the Combination of American Oil Chapter 3: Competitive Commerce Chapter 4: The New Century Chapter 5: The Dragon Slain Chapter 6: The Oil Wars: The Rise of Royal Dutch, the Fall of Imperial Russia Chapter 7: “Beer and Skittles” in Persia Chapter 8: The Fateful Plunge PART II: THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE Chapter 9: The Blood of Victory: World War I Chapter 10: Opening the Door on the Middle East: The Turkish Petroleum Company Chapter 11: From Shortage to Surplus: The Age of Gasoline Chapter 12: “The Fight for New Production” Chapter 13: The Flood Chapter 14: “Friends”—and Enemies Chapter 15: The Arabian Concessions: The World That Frank Holmes Made PART III: WAR AND STRATEGY Chapter 16: Japan’s Road to War Chapter 17: Germany’s Formula for War Chapter 18: Japan’s Achilles’ Heel Chapter 19: The Allies’ War PART IV: THE HYDROCARBON AGE Chapter 20: The New Center of Gravity Chapter 21: The Postwar Petroleum Order Chapter 22: Fifty-Fifty: The New Deal in Oil Chapter 23: “Old Mossy” and the Struggle for Iran Chapter 24: The Suez Crisis Chapter 25: The Elephants Chapter 26: OPEC and the Surge Pot Chapter 27: Hydrocarbon Man PART V: THE BATTLE FOR WORLD MASTERY Chapter 28: The Hinge Years: Countries Versus Companies Chapter 29: The Oil Weapon Chapter 30: “Bidding for Our Life” Chapter 31: OPEC’s Imperium Chapter 32: The Adjustment Chapter 33: The Second Shock: The Great Panic Chapter 34: “We’re Going Down” Chapter 35: Just Another Commodity? Chapter 36: The Good Sweating: How Low Can It Go? Chapter 37: Crisis in the Gulf Epilogue Chronology Oil Prices and Production Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Photo Credits Index