The prize : the epic quest for oil, money, and power

*** Deemed ''the best history of oil ever written'' by Business Week and with more than 300,000 copies in print, Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prizewinning account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power has been extensively updated to address the current energy crisis. Biography: Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and the Global Energy Expert for the CNBC business news network, is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics. Dr. Yergin received the Pulitzer Prize for the number one bestseller The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power , which was also made into an eight-hour PBS/BBC series seen by 20 million people in the United States. The book has been translated into 12 languages. It also received the Eccles Prize for best book on an economic subject for a general audience. Chronicles The History Of The Oil Industry And The Forces That Have Shaped The Modern World. Oil On The Brain: The Beginning -- Our Plan: John D. Rockefeller And The Combination Of American Oil -- Competitive Commerce -- New Century -- Dragon Slain -- Oil Wars: The Rise Of Royal Dutch, The Fall Of Imperial Russia -- Beer And Skittles In Persia -- Fateful Plunge -- Blood Of Victory: World War I -- Opening The Door On The Middle East: The Turkish Petroleum Company -- From Shortage To Surplus: The Age Of Gasoline -- Fight For New Production -- Flood -- Friends And Enemies -- Arabian Concessions: The World That Frank Holmes Made -- Japan's Road To War -- Germany's Formula For War -- Japan's Achilles' Heel -- New Center Of Gravity -- Postwar Petroleum Order -- Fifty-fifty: The New Deal In Oil -- Old Mossy And The Struggle For Iran -- Suez Crisis -- Elephants -- Opec And The Surge Pot -- Hydrocarbon Man -- Hinge Years: Countries Versus Companies -- Oil Weapon -- Bidding For Our Life-- Opec's Imperium -- Adjustment -- Second Shock: The Great Panic -- We're Going Down -- Just Another Commodity? -- Good Sweating: How Low Can It Go? Daniel Yergin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [848]-873) And Index. George S. Eccles Prize For Economic Writing New York Times Book Review Notable Books Of The Year Library Journal Best Books Pulitzer Prize For General Nonfiction THERE WAS THE MATTER of the missing $526.08.