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From the award-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and Directorate S, an “extraordinary” and “monumental” exposé of Big Oil (The Washington Post)Includes a profile of current Secretary of State and former chairman and chief executive of ExxonMobil, Rex TillersonIn this, the first hard-hitting examination of ExxonMobil—the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States—Steve Coll reveals the true extent of its power. Private Empire pulls back the curtain, tracking the corporation’s recent history and its central role on the world stage, beginning with the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989 and leading to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The action spans the globe—featuring kidnapping cases, civil wars, and high-stakes struggles at the Kremlin—and the narrative is driven by larger-than-life characters, including corporate legend Lee “Iron Ass” Raymond, ExxonMobil’s chief executive until 2005, and current chairman and chief executive Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump's nomination for Secretary of State. A penetrating, news-breaking study, Private Empire is a defining portrait of Big Oil in American politics and foreign policy.

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• Hardcover : 199 pages


• Title : Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power


• Language : English


• ISBN-10 : 143123548

 

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Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power is a 2012 work of investigative journalism by American reporter Steve Coll. The book examines the business practices and culture of U.S. based multinational oil giant Exxon Mobil, arguing that the company is in effect a “private empire,” exercising major influence on the international stage in its pursuit of massive profits.
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Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power. Steve Coll. In Private Empire Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, revealing the true extent of its power. ExxonMobil’s annual revenues are larger than the economic activity in the great majority of countries.
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Private Empire pulls back the curtain, tracking the corporation’s recent history and its central role on the world stage, beginning with the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989 and leading to the...
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In Private Empire Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, revealing the true extent of its power. ExxonMobil s annual revenues are larger than the economic activity in the great majority of countries.
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ExxonMobil is so rich it can outspend the US government and has a better credit rating than the US treasury. It is truly an empire, "a corporate state within the American state".
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