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The Prize

de Daniel Yergin

Première publication en 1991 · 885 pages

À propos de ce livre

Chronicles the history of the oil industry and the forces that have shaped the modern world.

  • Causes
  • History
  • Military aspects
  • Petroleum industry and trade
  • Political aspects
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World politics

Critiques de lecteurs

  • Josh80/100

    In its 800 pages The Prize begins to get a bit repetitive. This isn't strictly Yergin's fault - the history of the oil industry is itself repetitive. Still, from a reader's perspective it's not particularly edifying to spend ten pages on yet another story of gritty oil men who defied standard wisdom to drill in a place nobody thought had oil and then struck - you guessed it - oil! It was amusing…

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