- Causes, History, Military aspects, Military aspects of Petroleum industry and trade
Chronicles the history of the oil industry and the forces that have shaped the modern world.
CausesHistoryMilitary aspectsMilitary aspects of Petroleum industry and tradePetroleum industry and tradePolitical aspectsPolitical aspects of Petroleum industry and tradeWorld War, 1914-1918World War, 1939-1945World politicsWorld War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Earnest, epic, classical in form and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Daniel Yergin
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 885
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster, Devir, Pocket Books
- Editions
- 29
- Language
- English, Japanese, per, heb
- ISBN
- 9781847376466
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Subjects
- Causes
- History
- Military aspects
- Military aspects of Petroleum industry and trade
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Political aspects
- Political aspects of Petroleum industry and trade
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- World politics
- World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746
- World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
First sentence
“THERE WAS THE MATTER of the missing $526.08.”
About Daniel Yergin · 1947
American author, speaker, and economic researcher
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