A highly charged expose of the people--including the Bush family--who control, and have controlled, the world's most important natural resource.
A highly charged expose of the people--including the Bush family--who control, and have controlled, the world's most important natural resource.
Preface7Part IEarly Oilmen111.The First Oilmen132.Seeds of Chaos21Part IIRockefeller & Standard Oil353.Bookkeeper to Oil Baron374.The Octopus Spreads Its Tentacles495.The Bigger, the Better, & the Baddest616.The Busted Trust75Part IIITeapot Dome897.Wheeling & Dealing918.The Senate Follies1059.Fall's Fall & Other Obituaries117Part IVInternational Skulduggery12310.The Foreigners12511.Too Much Oil!13712.The Seven Sisters145Part VThe Black Giant15713.An Ocean of Oil15914.Boom & Bust16915.Dollar Oil181Part VIModern Scoundrels19316.Opec19517.The American Fiasco20518.The Most Despicable Scoundrel Award21519.Big-time Operator22720.Enronians & Other Scoundrels241Appendix AInflation Index257Endnotes273Index287