- Editorial:
- DUTTON
- Materia:
- Biografías y memorias
- ISBN:
- 978-0-525-42739-1
BREAKING ROCKEFELLER
PETER DORAN
Peter Doran's "Breaking Rockefeller" is the best kind of history, telling great stories, providing fascinating detail, and reflecting real knowledge. In this story of the origins of the modern oil industry, there are plenty of lessons for the present too. Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of"Gulag: A History" and"Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944 1956"
Peter Doran s enthralling account of the early days of the oil industry particularly the mano-a-mano battle between a Jewish merchant in England and the original industry titan, John D. Rockefeller reads like a thriller without sacrificing good solid scholarship. With some relevant observations for our own time, this is a gem of a book. Robert Kagan, "New York Times"bestselling author of"Of Paradise and Power "and "The World America Made"
Peter Doran tells a riveting and exciting account of the formation of Royal Dutch Shell and how it managed to stand up to Standard Oil at the turn of the 19th century. With color and delight, he has captured the nature of the oil business at the time in this well-researched volume. Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
"Breaking Rockefeller "is fast-paced yet anchored by a treasure of fascinating detail. It is an insightful historical backgrounder for today's global energy politics. Robert D. Kaplan, Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security and author of "In Europe's Shadow"
[Doran s] main accomplishment is his illumination of the saga of how Marcus Samuel Jr. and Henri Deterding became rivals in the world oil trade and then, around the turn of the century, found enough common interest to attack the Standard Oil juggernaut from Japan, Russia, and elsewhere outside the U.S. . . . A readable popular history told largely through the actions of swashbuckling tycoons. "Kirkus Reviews""
