{"product_id":"9781668062333","title":"Embargo: The 1973 Oil Crisis That Changed the World  (And What We Can Learn from It Now)","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eDelves Broughton, Philip\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first and definitive account account of how the 1973 oil embargo rewired the world forever—and the lessons to be learned for today’s oil crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe king of Saudi Arabia had warned the Americans repeatedly: If you do not treat us with respect, we will cut off your oil. For years, nobody believed him. On October 5, 1973, he made good on his threat.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The consequences were immediate. In America, fuel rationing and a fifty-five-mile-per-hour emergency speed limit couldn’t stop the lights of Times Square flickering out by Christmas. Across Europe, governments scrambled for secret supplies of oil: Britain’s chancellor flew to St. Moritz to interrupt the Shah of Iran’s skiing holiday and beg for the fuel needed to keep the country running. As panic spread through Western capitals, the world’s most powerful economies discovered that their prosperity rested on decisions being made in Riyadh.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmbargo\u003c\/i\u003e is the gripping inside story of the 1973 oil crisis and the small group of leaders who shaped it. It is the story of Faisal, the Saudi King who was born a nomad and became the richest man in the world. Of Ahmed Zaki Yamani, his unflappable Harvard-educated oil minister who drove American oil executives to tears with his steely calm. And of Henry Kissinger, the US statesman who failed to grasp how much leverage the Middle East had acquired over the West until it was too late.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Filled with frantic diplomacy and secret negotiations, \u003ci\u003eEmbargo\u003c\/i\u003e follows the race to avert economic catastrophe and restore the flow of oil. In the process, it uncovers a turning point in modern history: The moment the industrialized world discovered how vulnerable its prosperity was to turmoil in the Middle East. More than fifty years later, we are still grappling with the consequences.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48392043397375,"sku":"9781668062333","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781668062333_s600x595.jpg?v=1781621846","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781668062333","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}