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Private empire : ExxonMobil and American power / Steve Coll.

By: Coll, Steve.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 685 p. : map ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781594203350; 1594203350.Subject(s): Exxon Corporation | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- United States | Corporate power -- United States | Big business -- United StatesDDC classification: 338.7/6223380973
Contents:
"I'm going to the White House on this" -- The end of easy oil. "One right answer" ; "Iron ass" ; "Is the Earth really warming? " ; "Do you really want us as an enemy? " ; "Unknown injury" ; "E.G. month!" ; "The camel and the jackal" ; "We target oil companies" ; "Real men-- they discover oil" ; "It's not quite as bad as it sounds" ; "The Haifa pipeline" ; "How high can we fly? " ; "Assisted regime change" ; "Informed influentials" -- The risk cycle. "On my honor" ; "Chad can live without oil" ; "I pray for Exxon" ; "We will need witnesses" ; "The cash waterfall" ; "Moonshine" ; "Can't the C.I.A. and the Navy solve this problem? " ; "A person would have to eat more than 3,400 rubber ducks" ; "We must end the Age of Oil" ; "Are we out? Or in? " ; "It's not my money to tithe" ; "We're confident you can book the reserves" ; "One plus one has got to equal three" ; "It just happened."
Summary: The author goes deep inside the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, ExxonMobil Corp. revealing the extent of its power, its annual revenues, and its sway over politics and security. ExxonMobil spends more money lobbying Congress and the White House than any other corporation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"I'm going to the White House on this" -- The end of easy oil. "One right answer" ; "Iron ass" ; "Is the Earth really warming? " ; "Do you really want us as an enemy? " ; "Unknown injury" ; "E.G. month!" ; "The camel and the jackal" ; "We target oil companies" ; "Real men-- they discover oil" ; "It's not quite as bad as it sounds" ; "The Haifa pipeline" ; "How high can we fly? " ; "Assisted regime change" ; "Informed influentials" -- The risk cycle. "On my honor" ; "Chad can live without oil" ; "I pray for Exxon" ; "We will need witnesses" ; "The cash waterfall" ; "Moonshine" ; "Can't the C.I.A. and the Navy solve this problem? " ; "A person would have to eat more than 3,400 rubber ducks" ; "We must end the Age of Oil" ; "Are we out? Or in? " ; "It's not my money to tithe" ; "We're confident you can book the reserves" ; "One plus one has got to equal three" ; "It just happened."

The author goes deep inside the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, ExxonMobil Corp. revealing the extent of its power, its annual revenues, and its sway over politics and security. ExxonMobil spends more money lobbying Congress and the White House than any other corporation.

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