文档介绍：THE AGE OF OIL: The Mythology, History, and Future of the World’s Most Controversial Resource LEONARDO MAUGERI PRAEGER THE AGE OF OIL The Mythology, History, and Future of the World’s Most Controversial Resource LEONARDO MAUGERI Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Maugeri, Leonardo, 1964– The age of oil : the mythology, history, and future of the world’s most controversial resource / Leonardo Maugeri. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–275–99008–7 (alk. paper) 1. Petroleum—History—19th century. 2. Petroleum—History—20th century. 3. Petroleum—History—21st century. 4. Petroleum industry and trade—History—19th century. 5. Petroleum industry and trade—History—20th century. 6. Petroleum industry and trade—History—21st century. 7. Petroleum reserves. I. Title. 2006 '82—dc22 2006006632 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright # 2006 by Leonardo Maugeri All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006006632 ISBN: 0–275–99008–7 First published in 2006 Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. nted in the United States of America The paper used in this plies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information anization (–1984). ********** To Enzo Viscusi, who more than anyone else panied me on my journey through the oil industry and plexities of international affairs. His unstinting generosity and wholehearted friendship have made this book possible. List of Abbreviations Contents Note by the Author ix Preface xi List of Abbreviations xix PART ONE A History of an Unreliable Market (and the Bad Policies It Prompted) 1 John D. Rockefeller’s Cursed Legacy 3 2 The Age of Gasoline and Oil Imperialism 19 3 The Carve-up of Arabia’s Oil 33 4 The Oil Glut of the