The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power

Chronicles The History Of The Oil Industry And The Forces That Have Shaped The Modern World. Oil On The Brain: The Beginning -- Our Plan: John D. Rockefeller And The Combination Of American Oil -- Competitive Commerce -- New Century -- Dragon Slain -- Oil Wars: The Rise Of Royal Dutch, The Fall Of Imperial Russia -- Beer And Skittles In Persia -- Fateful Plunge -- 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 -- Fight For New Production -- Flood -- Friends And Enemies -- Arabian Concessions: The World That Frank Holmes Made -- Japan's Road To War -- Germany's Formula For War -- Japan's Achilles' Heel -- New Center Of Gravity -- Postwar Petroleum Order -- Fifty-fifty: The New Deal In Oil -- Old Mossy And The Struggle For Iran -- Suez Crisis -- Elephants -- Opec And The Surge Pot -- Hydrocarbon Man -- Hinge Years: Countries Versus Companies -- Oil Weapon -- Bidding For Our Life-- Opec's Imperium -- Adjustment -- Second Shock: The Great Panic -- We're Going Down -- Just Another Commodity? -- Good Sweating: How Low Can It Go? Daniel Yergin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [848]-873) And Index. George S. Eccles Prize For Economic Writing New York Times Book Review Notable Books Of The Year Library Journal Best Books Pulitzer Prize For General Nonfiction