Written by the author of "Shattered Peace" and "Energy Future", this book tells the history of oil and the struggle for wealth and power that always surrounds it. As much a history of the modern world as of the oil industry, the book reveals oil's critical role in world events, from Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour to the Suez Crisis, from Yom Kippur to the Gulf War. The book includes the story of Shell Oil, a company forged in defiance of the Standard Oil monopoly by an upstart London trader, using Rothchild connections, Russian oil and Dutch petrolium concession in the East Indies, and the inside story of the discovery of North Sea Oil and its crucial role in undermining the OPEC monopoly. The book is a TV tie-in edition with the major eight-part BBC TV series.
- ISBN10 067171189X
- ISBN13 9780671711894
- Publish Date 1 June 1993 (first published 14 January 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 November 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 912
- Language English