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

Chronicles The History Of The Oil Industry And The Forces That Have Shaped The Modern World. Part I: The Founders -- Oil On The Brain: The Beginning -- Our Plan: John D. Rockefeller And The Combination Of American Oil -- Copetitive Commerce -- The New Century -- The Dragon Stain -- The Oil Wars: The Rise Of Royal Dutch, The Fall Of Imperial Russia -- Beer And Skittles In Persia -- The Fateful Plunge -- Part Ii: The Global Struggle -- 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 -- Part Iii: War And Strategy -- Japan's Road To War -- Germany's Formula For War -- Japan's Achilles' Heel -- The Allies' War -- Part Iv: The Hydrocarbon Age -- 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 -- Part V: The Battle For World Mastery -- The Hinge Years: Countries Versus Companies -- The Oil Weapon -- Bidding For Our Life -- Opec's Imperium -- The Adjestment -- The Second Shock: The Great Panic -- We're Going Down -- Just Another Commodity? -- The Good Sweating: How Low Can It Go? Daniel Yergin. A Touchstone Book. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 856-881) And Index.