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　　Remote, forbidding, and volatile, the Caspian Sea long

tantalized the world with its vast oil reserves. But outsiders,

blocked by the closed Soviet system, couldn't get to it. Then the

Soviet Union collapsed, and a wholesale rush into the region

erupted. Along with oilmen, representatives of the world's leading

nations flocked to the Caspian for a share of the thirty billion

barrels of proven oil reserves at stake, and a tense geopolitical

struggle began. The main players were Moscow and Washington-the

former seeking to retain control of its satellite states, and the

latter intent on dislodging Russia to the benefit of the

West.

The Oil and the Glory is the gripping account of this latest

phase in the epochal struggle for control of the earth's "black

gold." Steve LeVine, who was based in the region for The Wall

Street Journal, The New York Times, and Newsweek, weaves an

astonishing tale of high-stakes political gamesmanship, greed, and

scandal, set in one of the most opaque corners of the world. In

LeVine's telling, the world's energy giants jockey for position in

the rich Kazakh and Azeri oilfields, while superpowers seek to gain

a strategic foothold in the region and to keep each other in check.

At the heart of the story is the contest to build and operate

energy pipelines out of the landlocked region, the key to

controlling the Caspian and its oil. The oil pipeline that

resulted, the longest in the world, is among Washington's greatest

foreign policy triumphs in at least a decade and a half.

Along the way, LeVine introduces such players as James Giffen, an

American moneyman who was also the political "fixer" for oil

companies eager to do business on the Caspian and the broker for

Kazakhstan's president and ministers; John Deuss, the flamboyant

Dutch oil trader who won big but lost even bigger; Heydar Aliyev,

the oft-misunderstood Azeri president who transcended his past as a

Soviet Politburo member and masterminded a scheme to loosen Russian

control over its former colonies in the Caspian region; and all

manner of rogues, adventurers, and others drawn by the irresistible

pull of untold riches and the possible "final frontier" of the

fossil-fuel era. The broader story is of the geopolitical questions

of the Caspian oil bonanza, such as whether Russia can be a trusted

ally and trading partner with the West, and what Washington's entry

into this important but chaotic region will mean for its long-term

stability.

In an intense and suspenseful narrative, The Oil and the Glory is

the definitive chronicle of events that are understood by few, but

whose political and economic impact will be both profound and

lasting.

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　　Steve LeVine was based in Central Asia and the Caucasus for 11

years -- starting two weeks after the Soviet collapse through 2003.

He ran The Wall Street Journal bureau for the eight-nation region,

and before that covered it for The New York Times. From 1988-1992,

LeVine was Newsweek's Pakistan-based correspondent for that country

and Afghanistan. Before that, he covered the Philippines for

Newsday from 1985-1988. He worked on The Wall Street Journal's oil

staff through January 2007. He is currently writing a new book on

Russia that, among other things, will explain its string of

high-profile murders. LeVine actively blogs on Russian and Central

Asian affairs on his website.

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Remote, forbidding, and volatile, the Caspian Sea long tantalized the world with its vast oil reserves. But outsiders, blocked by the closed Soviet system, couldn't get to it. Then the Soviet Union collapsed, and a wholesale rush into the region erupted. Along with oilmen, representatives of the world's leading nations flocked to the Caspian for a share of the thirty billion barrels of proven oil reserves at stake, and a tense geopolitical struggle began. The main players were Moscow and Washington-the former seeking to retain control of its satellite states, and the latter intent on dislodging Russia to the benefit of the West. The Oil and the Glory is the gripping account of this latest phase in the epochal struggle for control of the earth's "black gold." Steve LeVine, who was based in the region for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Newsweek, weaves an astonishing tale of high-stakes political gamesmanship, greed, and scandal, set in one of the most opaque corners of the world. In LeVine's telling, the world's energy giants jockey for position in the rich Kazakh and Azeri oilfields, while superpowers seek to gain a strategic foothold in the region and to keep each other in check. At the heart of the story is the contest to build and operate energy pipelines out of the landlocked region, the key to controlling the Caspian and its oil. The oil pipeline that resulted, the longest in the world, is among Washington's greatest foreign policy triumphs in at least a decade and a half. Along the way, LeVine introduces such players as James Giffen, an American moneyman who was also the political "fixer" for oil companies eager to do business on the Caspian and the broker for Kazakhstan's president and ministers; John Deuss, the flamboyant Dutch oil trader who won big but lost even bigger; Heydar Aliyev, the oft-misunderstood Azeri president who transcended his past as a Soviet Politburo member and masterminded a scheme to loosen Russian control over its former colonies in the Caspian region; and all manner of rogues, adventurers, and others drawn by the irresistible pull of untold riches and the possible "final frontier" of the fossil-fuel era. The broader story is of the geopolitical questions of the Caspian oil bonanza, such as whether Russia can be a trusted ally and trading partner with the West, and what Washington's entry into this important but chaotic region will mean for its long-term stability. In an intense and suspenseful narrative, The Oil and the Glory is the definitive chronicle of events that are understood by few, but whose political and economic impact will be both profound and lasting.