CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD ix
4. PREFACE xiii
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
6. Introduction. Decisions, Decision Makers, and Oil 1
7. Chapter One Ahmed Zaki Yamani: Good Start, Difficult Ending 16
8. Chapter Two Hisham Nazer: Shifting Interests and Looking Nationally 37
9. Chapter Three Saddam Hussein and Sheikh Ali al-Sabah: Invasion of a Nation 57
10. Chapter Four Luis Giusti, the Jakarta Agreement, and Its Aftermath 79
11. Chapter Five Prince Saud al-Faisal: An Interim Energy Leader 96
12. Chapter Six Hugo Chavez: The Rise of a Man and the Decline of a Nation 113
13. Chapter Seven King Abdullah, George W. Bush, and Gordon Brown: The Shadows of 2008 130
14. Chapter Eight Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden: A Revolving U.S. Energy Policy 148
15. Chapter Nine Ali Al-Naimi: The Road to Doha 175
16. Chapter Ten Vladimir Putin: Placing Russia on the Global Oil Map 194
17. Chapter Eleven Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman: The Forty-Five Day Oil Shock 215
18. Conclusion Thoughts About the Future 239
19. NOTES 247
20. INDEX 269