Daniel Yergin
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The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money & Power
Daniel Yergin
- 1992 Pulitzer–Nonfiction winner
- 1991 LATimes–History finalist
- 1991 LATimes–Current Interest finalist*
- Score: 16.42
The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil—and the struggle for wealth power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize is as much a history of the twentieth century as of the oil industry itself. The canvas of this history is enormous—from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm.
The cast extends from wildcatters and rogues to…
