Foreword, by Robert McNally Preface Acknowledgments
Introduction: Decisions, Decision Makers, and Oil
1. Ahmed Zaki Yamani: Good Start, Difficult Ending 2. Hisham Nazer: Shifting Interests and Looking Nationally 3. Saddam Hussein and Sheikh Ali al-Sabah: Invasion of a Nation 4. Luis Giusti, the Jakarta Agreement, and Its Aftermath 5. Prince Saud al-Faisal: An Interim Energy Leader 6. Hugo Chavez: The Rise of a Man and the Decline of a Nation 7. King Abdullah, George W. Bush, and Gordon Brown: The Shadows of 2008 8. Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden: A Revolving U.S. Energy Policy 9. Ali Al-Naimi: The Road to Doha 10. Vladimir Putin: Placing Russia on the Global Oil Map 11. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman: The Forty-Five Day Oil Shock