Steve Coll
Private Empire
Издательство: Penguin Books Ltd., 2013 г.
978-0-718-19447-5
Книгопечатная продукция
Объем: 704 стр.
As a reader you can never really explain it, but a truly great author can make anything come alive while others will put you to sleep. Steve Coll is a Pulitzer Prize winner author of Ghost Wars - the Secret History of the CIA, which is another book you just can`t put down. Private Empire is special, and the title is so appropriate, a company that has been in business for over a 100 years. It has seen 19 American Presidents come and go, and yet it remains the dominant energy company in the world, and this book covers the whole story.
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