![]() Rockefeller, easily the single dominant character and single greatest architect in the history of oil. ![]() The first and strongest of these strong men was John D. (About the only female character is Ida Tarbell, author of the masterpiece “The History of the Standard Oil Co.” that helped force the break-up of the company in 1911.) Still, the story itself is fascinating, peopled with ambitious, strong men willing to gamble and lacking only a Mata Hari-and it is hard to believe there hasn’t been one somewhere-to distinguish it from one by Sidney Sheldon. The former succeeds marvelously, but the latter, more important study falters. Second, it is a study of oil and international politics interspersed with social commentary. ![]() ![]() First, it is the story of the men who built history’s greatest private institutions, the giant multinational oil companies whose wealth and power exceed that of many nations. Daniel Yergin’s massive volume “The Prize” is two books really. ![]()
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