A vast number of studies have documented the economic and geological effects of oil production, but the impact of boom-and-bust cycles on individuals and communities has received …
Oil,"" writes Ruth Sheldon Knowles, ""is the most hazardous, expensive, heartbreaking gambling game in the world."" And, as this book dramatically proves, the men who have been the …
In August of 1942, Great Britain faced a desperate situation. German bombers hammered the nation's industrial cities and towns daily, and the toll in loss of life and resources …