01344    a2200145   4500008004100000020001800041100001700059245005200076260003800128300001000166520084400176650004701020650006701067650006401134250228b        ii ||||| |||| 00| 0 mal d  a9780718794475  aColl, Steve   aPrivate empireb: Exxonmobil and American power  aLondon: bPenguin Books, c2012.   a685p.  aPrivate Empire begins with the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989 and closes with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Steve Coll's narrative spans the globe, taking readers to Moscow, impoverished African capitals, Indonesia and elsewhere as ExxonMobil carries out its activities against a backdrop of blackmail threats, kidnapping, civil wars, and high-stakes struggles at the Kremlin. In the US, Coll goes inside ExxonMobil's ruthless Washington lobbying offices and its corporate headquarters in Irving, Texas, where top executives oversee a bizarre corporate culture of discipline and secrecy.
Private Empire is the masterful result of Steve Coll's indefatigable reporting, from the halls of Congress to the oil-laden swamps of the Niger Delta; previously classified U.S. documents; heretofore unexamined court records; and many other sources.  aExxon Corporation; Exxon Mobil Corporation  aPetroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--United States  aCorporate power--United States; Big business--United States