Throughout the turbulent 20th Century, in war and peace, in politics and economics, oil has proved decisive. However, its power comes with a price.
When OPEC's attempt to play the "oil card" during the 1967 Six-Days War fails, everyone in Washington concludes there's no future threat. Everyone except the one man in the CIA who understands the oil business and knows it's only a matter of time until OPEC gets it right. He launches a covert plot to undermine OPEC as we follow him on a perilous odyssey through the oil-producing capitals - Caracas, Riyadh, Mexico City, Tripoli, Baghdad - and the most perilous of all, Washington D.C.
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“It grabs our attention straightaway with the scene in the White House. Very realistically and believably written. We feel as if we’re actually there. O'Keefe is a great central character, strong and likable…. The character drawing is expert, the writing clear, readable, gripping. An engrossing book.”