Blowout : corrupted democracy, rogue state Russia, and the richest, most destructive industry on Earth
Maddow, Rachel2020
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In 2010, the words 'earthquake swarm' entered the lexicon in Oklahoma. That same year, a trove of Michael Jackson memorabilia - including his iconic crystal-encrusted white glove - was sold at auction for over 1 million dollars to a guy who was, officially, just the lowly forestry minister of the tiny nation of Equatorial Guinea. And in 2014, Ukrainian revolutionaries raided the palace of their ousted president and found a zoo of peacocks, gilded toilets, and a floating restaurant modeled after a Spanish galleon. Unlikely as it might seem, there is a thread connecting these events, and Rachel Maddow follows it to its crooked source: the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry.
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Author:
Maddow, Rachel, author
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2020.
Collation:
xxi, 406 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: U.S.: Crown, 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847926364 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1182738
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