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A stunning and revealing examination of oil’s indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it. Every unhappy oil-producing nation is unhappy in its own way, but all are touched by the “resource curse”—the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create... read more
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- Asari
- Donziger
- Saddam
- Mohammed
- Husseini
- Simmons
- Riggs
- Naimi
- Chtivez
- Chavez
- Gillen
- Alekperov
- Browne
- Illarionov
- Mossadegh
- Putin
- George W. Bush
- Williams
- Saro-wiwa
- Finlayson
- Giffen
- Tom
- Cheney
- Hough
- Ibn Saud
- Maude
- Milgram
- Reagan
- Santi
- Dora
- Sadr
- Tesler
- Khodorkovsky
Setting & Locations edit
- Iraq
- Saudi Arabia
- Nigeria
- America
- Venezuela
- Equatorial Guinea
- Russia
- Kuwait
- Ecuador
- United States
- Iran
- Washington
- Baghdad
- China
- Malabo
- Texas
- Soviet Union
- Amazon
- Africa
- Middle East
- Moscow
- Riyadh
- Kazakhstan
- Dhahran
- New York
- Alaska
- Caracas
- Norway
- Islam
- Britain
- London
- Sarayaku
- White House
- Manhattan
- Afghanistan
- Azerbaijan
- Sudan
- Sangama
- Najaf
- Baku
- Kashmoula
- Odessa
- Angola
- Kirkuk
- Houston
- Quito
- Kremlin
- California
Authors & Contributors edit
- Peter Maass (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
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Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 1400041694
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Random House
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 1400041694
Page Count: 288
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- Dewey: 338.27282
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