Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power

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An “abnormal” and “monumental” exposé of Big Oil from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll (The Washington Post)

Includes a profile of current Secretary of State and former chairman and chief executive of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson

In this, the primary hard-hitting examination of ExxonMobil—the largest and most powerful private corporation in america—Steve Coll reveals the real extent of its power. Private Empire pulls back the curtain, tracking the corporation’s latest history and its central role on the world stage, beginning with the Exxon Valdez coincidence in 1989 and leading to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill within the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The action spans the globe—featuring kidnapping cases, civil wars, and high-stakes struggles on 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.

Steve Coll’s new book Directorate S: The C.I.A. and The united states’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 will be published in February 2018.

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