The Prize

Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and Global Energy Expert for the CNBC business news network, is a well-known expert in energy, international politics, and economics. Dr. Yergin won the Pulitzer Prize for his number one bestseller The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, which was also adapted into an eight-hour PBS/BBC series that was seen by 20 million Americans. The book has been translated into twelve different languages. It also won the Eccles Prize for the best general-audience book on economics.

The Prize recounts the panoramic history of the world's most important resource—oil—with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis. Daniel Yergin's timeless book chronicles the decades-long struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil and continues to fuel global rivalries, shake the global economy, and change the fate of men and nations. By tracing economic and political clashes over precious "black gold," this updated edition unequivocally proves oil's unwavering significance throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first.

With his broad perspective and in-depth research, Yergin is uniquely positioned to address the current battle over energy, which is undeniably one of the most pressing issues of our time. His narrative history spans two world wars, from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Operation Desert Storm, and both the Iraq War and current climate change. The definitive work on the subject of oil, The Prize is a book of extraordinary breadth, riveting excitement, and great value—crucial to our understanding of world politics and the economy today—and tomorrow.

Author: Daniel Yergin

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Prize-Epic-Quest-Money-Power/dp/1439110123

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