Seizing Power: The Grab for Global Oil Wealth

Introduction: The Parable of São Tomé.

1 Edging Toward Violence and Chaos.

2 Two African Oil Nations: A Study in Contrasts.

3 China Invades Africa.

4 Power in the Desert: The Gulf and the Middle East.

5 Testing the Oil System: The War, the Embargo, and Spare Capacity.

6 The History of Oil and the American Dream.

7 Ethics and Oil.

8 Hedging: Insurance or Speculation?

9 How Much Oil Is Left . . . and How Willing Is the United States to Drill for It?

10 Oil for the Lamps of China . . . and India.

11 Power Shift.

12 Russia: Putin's War Against the Oligarchs.

13 Iran: Arrogance as an Oil Strategy.

14 Venezuela: The World According to Chávez.

15 Brazil and Petrobras: A National Oil Company in a Better World.

16 After the Power Shift: Where Will It All Lead?

List of Chapter Opening Illustrations.

About the Author.

Index.