Darkest Truths of Black Gold - An Oil Industry Executive Breaks the Industry's Code of Silence (Hardcover)

Over forty years ago the British Government warned the Italian Government; "Don't trust the Russians." The author was there. Today, forty years later, Newsweek echoes the same warning to any country that puts its energy sources at the political whim and fancy of Mr. Putin. And what of the warnings that the United States Government was given over sixty years ago that Mao-Ze-tung was not the 'second coming of the Messiah'? The author was there. And he seethed in rage and torment as he tried to sleep on the steel deck of a United States evacuation LST while he heard the 'Messiah's guns laying siege to Beijing. But all good things come to an end, even the bad ones, and meeting the Queen of England at the Prime Minister's residence, The Temple Trees, in Ceylon and issuing an invitation to His Royal Highness to play polo more than compensated the author for his first evacuation. But the reasons for his second evacuation from Cairo and his family's evacuation from Beirut are not quite as clear as he would like. Hearing about them might give the reader some thoughts about the difficulties faced by their fellow citizens who serve them abroad.

General

Imprint:	Iuniverse, Inc.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	June 2007
Authors:	Robert Palmer Smith
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	520
ISBN-13:	978-0-595-90114-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN:	0-595-90114-X
Barcode:	9780595901142

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