The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry--and What We Must Do to Stop It

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"Juhasz bravely and expertly exposes the inner workings of an industry and a government riddled with secrets, lies, and deception." -Daniel Ellsberg, author of Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers In the tradition of the Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Antonia Juhasz's The Tyranny of Oil offers a chilling expose of the modern American oil industry and its dire abuse of power. A leading international trade and finance policy expert and the author of The Bush Agenda, Juhasz presents eye-opening truths about a potentially catastrophic global energy crisis that only promises to get much worse in the coming years-and provides possible solutions for meaningful change. Terry Tamminen, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, calls The Tyranny of Oil "a bold blueprint for ending the madness," and the Christian Science Monitor tells us, "a good first step toward true energy independence is to read this insightful book."

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"A brave, groundbreaking case study...A good first step toward true energy independence is to read this insightful book." -- Christian Science Monitor "[Juhasz] reminds us that those who don't learn the lessons of history are fated to repeat its mistakes." -- USA Today "Well-written...presciently criticizes the weak oversight of the oil futures market." -- Washington Post "[A] timely, blistering critique...this white-hot polemic explores many of the industry's complex and secret practices...Explosive fuel for the raging debate on oil prices." -- Kirkus Reviews "Part homage to 150 years of anti-monopoly muckraking and trust-busting and part signpost to where the leading edge of the environmental and social activist movements are headed." -- Toronto Star "[A] thorough, readable takedown of Big Oil." -- Publishers Weekly "A worthy successor to The Prize... A riveting read with a bold blueprint for ending the madness." -- Terry Tamminen, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency. "A no-holds-barred book that traces the story of Big Oil from the rise of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company to the scandals and obscene profits of today." -- Michael T. Klare, author of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy. "Juhasz identifies and articulates an extraordinary problem, provides the critical details, offers real solutions, and gives concrete steps to achieve them. In a world that glorifies war and violence, Juhasz offers thoughtfulness and activism." -- Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, International Campaign to B "In a time of crisis, Juhasz bravely and expertly exposes the inner workings of an industry and a government riddled with secrets, lies, and deception. She offers the crucial hard evidence-without which public awareness and reform are impossible. Read this book and refuse to be tyranny's accomplice." -- Daniel Ellsberg, author of Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers "If our military troops, and the American public, want to know why the US invaded and occupied Iraq, here is the answer. Get your notebooks ready for the facts about oil and the people and companies that are the richest in the world." -- Colonel Ann Wright, Retired, U.S. Army Reserves "Juhasz lifts the veil covering Big Oil to uncover an orgy of speculation, mergers, collusion, deregulation, tax evasion, and unprecedented profits...[she] points the way out and inspires us to free ourselves from Big Oil's grip to build a more secure, sustainable and peaceful future. Read it and act!" -- Medea Benjamin, cofounder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace and Global Exchange

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Antonia Juhasz is a leading oil industry, international trade, and finance policy expert. She is the author of The Bush Agenda. A frequent media commentator, Juhasz's writing has been featured in the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. She is a director at Global Exchange in San Francisco, California.