01561nam a22002777a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802800290007608200170010510000190012224500990014126000410024030000260028136500130030750504200032052002600074065000140100065000150101465000670102965000500109665000280114665000240117465000500119865000170124870000180126520210819152302.0210819b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780375506147  a:Donated from J P Gupta   a338.2728 LEV  aLeVine, Steve,  aThe oil and the glory b: the pursuit of empire and fortune on the Caspian Seac/ Steve LeVine  aNew Yorkb : Random House, c©2007.  axx, 470 pagesc24cm.   bDonated   a	The barons --
A visitor from Sweden --
Revolution --
Soviet days --
The middleman --
Détente --
The perfect oil field --
Crossfire --
The first deal --
Return to Baku --
The contract of the century --
The near abroad --
Early oil --
A battle of wills --
A tale of two negotiators --
An accidental pipeline --
An army for oil --
Boom and bust --
Kashagan --
A way to the sea --
The king of Kazakhstan --
Epilogue.  aDescribes the rogue's gallery of adventurers, dealmakers, political operatives, corrupt officials, powerful oil companies, and other interests competing for the vast oil reserves in the Caspian region in the wake of the disintegration of the Soviet Union.  aEconomics  aProduction  aPetroleum industry and trade -- Caspian Sea Region -- History.  aGeopolitics -- Caspian Sea Region -- History.  aPolitics and government  aCaspian Sea Region.  aGeopolitics -- Caspian Sea Region -- History.  aGeopolitics.  aLeVine, Steve