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  • The Prize

  • The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
  • Written by: Daniel Yergin
  • Narrated by: Bob Jamieson
  • Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (15 ratings)

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The Prize

Written by: Daniel Yergin
Narrated by: Bob Jamieson
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The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil, and the struggle for wealth and 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 20th-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 wildcrafters and rogues to oil tycoons, and from Winston Churchill and Ibn Saud to George Bush and Saddam Hussein.

The definitive work on the subject of oil and a major contribution to understanding our century, The Prize is a book of extraordinary breadth, riveting excitement--and great importance.

©1993 Daniel Yergin (P)2008 Simon & Schuster

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Pulitzer Prize, General Non-Fiction, 1992

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  • 2021-11-16

Abridged - disappointed

Like many of the other reviewers here, I neglected to notice this was the abridged version and failed to read the reviews prior to spending a credit. Disappointing to say the least.

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