TY - BOOK AU - Maass,Peter TI - Crude world: the violent twilight of oil SN - 9781400041695 (cloth) : AV - HD9560.5 .M23 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York, NY PB - Alfred A. Knopf KW - Petroleum industry and trade KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-262) and index; Scarcity -- Plunder -- Rot -- Contamination -- Fear -- Greed -- Desire -- Alienation -- Empire -- Mirage -- Appendix A. World crude oil reserves -- Appendix B. U.S. crude oil imports N2 - A stunning and revealing examination of oil's indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it, of the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create new ones ER -