ebooks Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson in History

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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 examination of ExxonMobil—the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States—Steve Coll reveals the true extent of its power. 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. 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. A penetrating; news-breaking study; Private Empire is a defining portrait of Big Oil in American politics and foreign policy.Steve Coll's new book Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan; 2001-2016 will be published in February 2018.