Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (908 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143123548 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 704 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gerrit Middelkoop said Must read for anyone interested in the fascinating world of oil. Private Empire provides a very interesting view behind the scene of the world's biggest oil company across the decades. It shows the good, the bad and the ugly of the firm and it's leaders against the backdrop of historical events in the (oil) world. Exxon provided and provides great we. michael d. mosettig said More Timely Than Ever. As the boss of ExxonMobil gets ready to take over the State Department, this riveting history is more than timely. Big oil,companies always have had their own foreign policies. How will Tillerson's corporate foreign policy morph into Trump's foreign policy? Steve Coll's book gives us th. David Forel said When you are *really* big, who matters to you?. The book is principally about the international doings of ExxonMobil (EM) during the leadership of the current and past CEOs, Lee R. Raymond (CEO of EM from 1998 to "When you are *really* big, who matters to you?" according to David Forel. The book is principally about the international doings of ExxonMobil (EM) during the leadership of the current and past CEOs, Lee R. Raymond (CEO of EM from 1998 to 2005) and Rex W. Tillerson (CEO of EM since Dr. Raymond retired at the end of 2005).The story starts with the Exxon Valdez. 005) and Rex W. Tillerson (CEO of EM since Dr. Raymond retired at the end of "When you are *really* big, who matters to you?" according to David Forel. The book is principally about the international doings of ExxonMobil (EM) during the leadership of the current and past CEOs, Lee R. Raymond (CEO of EM from 1998 to 2005) and Rex W. Tillerson (CEO of EM since Dr. Raymond retired at the end of 2005).The story starts with the Exxon Valdez. 005).The story starts with the Exxon Valdez
A penetrating, news-breaking study, Private Empire is a defining portrait of Big Oil in American politics and foreign policy.. 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. 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. An “extraordinary” and “monumental” exposé of Big Oil from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll (The Washington Post)Includes a profile of current Secretary of State and former chairman and chief executive of ExxonMobil, Rex TillersonIn this, the first hard-hitting examinati
— Coral Davenport . Though some of the details recounted across the sprawling narrative of Private Empire are outrageous, the reporting is deep and fair. From Bookforum Coll employs language that’s plain, clear, and free of accusation
He is the president of the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan public policy institute headquartered in Washington, D.C., and a staff writer for the New Yorker. . He is the author of six other books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Ghost Wars. STEVE COLL is most recently the author of the New York Times bestseller Private Empire. Previously he worked for twenty years at the Washin