Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
In this, the first hard-hitting examination of ExxonMobil—the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States—Steve Coll reveals the true extent of its power. Private Empire pulls back the curtain, tracking the corporation's recent history and its central role on the world stage, beginning with the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989 and leading to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The action spans the globe—featuring kidnapping cases, civil wars, and high-stakes struggles at the Kremlin—and the narrative is driven by larger-than-life characters, including corporate legend Lee "Iron Ass" Raymond, ExxonMobil's chief executive until 2005, and current chairman and chief executive Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump's nomination for Secretary of State. A penetrating, news-breaking study, Private Empire is a defining portrait of Big Oil in American politics and foreign policy.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Penguin
- Year
- 2012
- ISBN-13
- 9781101572146
- Genre
- Business & Economics
- Topics
- ExxonMobil and oil industryCorporate power and politicsEnvironmental impact and disasters
Awards
- Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year AwardWon(2012)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(2012)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(2012)
Other awarded books from Steve Coll
- The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
- Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
- The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq
- The Achilles Trap
- The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
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