"The Prize" offers a compelling dive into the intricacies of the oil industry, revealing how this slippery resource shaped history, wars, and economies. Daniel Yergin's exhaustive research paints a vivid portrait not just of an industry but of the modern world's relentless power struggles. If you're intrigued by the unseen forces that craft our geopolitical landscape, this book is a riveting and enlightening read that will change the way you see the world and its history.

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• Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1992)

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 twentieth century as of the oil industry itself. The canvas of 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.

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