TY  - BOOK
AU  - LeVine, Steve,
AU  - LeVine, Steve
TI  - The oil and the glory : : the pursuit of empire and fortune on the Caspian Sea
SN  - 9780375506147
U1  - 338.2728 LEV 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  -  : Random House, 
KW  - Economics
KW  - Production
KW  - Petroleum industry and trade -- Caspian Sea Region -- History
KW  - Geopolitics -- Caspian Sea Region -- History
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Caspian Sea Region
KW  - Geopolitics
N1  - 	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
N2  - Describes 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
ER  -