Now with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, The Prize recounts the panoramic history of the world’s most important resource-oil. “Spellbinding…irresistible…monumental…must be read to understand the first thing about the role of oil in modern history.” - The New York Times “A masterly narrative… The Prize portrays the interweaving of national and corporate interests, the conflicts and stratagems, the miscalculations, the follies, and the ironies.” - James Schlesinger, former U.S. “Impassioned and riveting…only in the great epics of Homer will readers regularly run into a comparable string of larger-than-life swashbucklers and statesmen, heroes and villains.” - San Francisco Examiner The story is brilliantly told…with its remarkable cast of characters.” - The Wall Street Journal Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “ the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” ( The New York Times ) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis.
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