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Nov 20

Steve LeVine at Google (Video)

In an appearance at Google’s Mountain View, Ca., headquarters on Nov. 7, 2007, Steve LeVine discusses his new book, The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea.”

Posted Nov 20, 2007

Nov 18

Steve LeVine at Google (audio)

In an appearance at Google’s Mountain View, Ca., headquarters on Nov. 7, 2007, Steve LeVine discusses his new book, The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea.”

Posted Nov 18, 2007

Oct 02

How the Great Game Was Played

In the 1990s, the United States decided to challenge Russia’s stranglehold on its former colonies of Central Asia and the Caucasus. The result was one of America’s most triumphant foreign polices of the last decade.

Posted Oct 02, 2007

Sep 04

Unocal's Adventure with the Taliban

In the mid-1990s, the California-based oil giant Unocal decided that it was going to do an end run around its competitors on the Caspian Sea and build an oil pipeline straight through the war zone of Afghanistan. That meant cozying up with the Taliban, but that did not throw the scrappy company.

Posted Sep 04, 2007

Aug 27

The Oil and the Glory - Prologue

The prologue of The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea, to be published in October 2007.

Posted Aug 26, 2007