A sweeping exploration of the world's most powerful oil companies and their influence on global politics and economics. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the forces that shaped the modern world.
Klein investigates how multinational corporations shape culture and politics, continuing Sampson's inquiry into corporate power's global reach.
See this bookYergin's comprehensive history of oil from discovery through geopolitics matches Sampson's scope and narrative approach to how an industry shaped the world.
See this bookRoberts examines oil's future impact on global politics and economics with the same analytical eye Sampson brought to its past.
See this bookCrystal's study of how oil wealth concentrated political power in the Gulf directly extends Sampson's theme of petroleum's grip on international affairs.
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