New York: Simon & Schuster, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A definitive, sweeping history of the global oil industry, based on ten years of extensive research, one which reveals how the quest for oil shaped the 20th century's economy, wars, and politics, from the first oil well in Pennsylvania through the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, showing oil's power in driving capitalism, national strategy, and global rivalries - a book which remains essential today to understanding modern geopolitics. Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction. SIGNED on the half title page with the words "Best Regards." A bestseller which went quickly into later printings, this is uncommon in the first printing and scarce signed. Illustrated with photographs, maps and charts. Extensive notes, bibliography and index. 877, xxxii pp. ISBN: 0-671-502484.