AP Board Member Dan Yergin has just released a new book, The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World, which has received rave reviews (see below).
Read an excerpt from The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World
Buy The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World (Penguin Press; 816 pages; $37.95. Allen Lane; £30.)
Economist Review, “The Power of Infinity,” September 17, 2011: “The Quest” is a masterly piece of work and, as a comprehensive guide to the world’s great energy needs an dilemmas, it will be hard to beat…Mr. Yergin’s previous book, “The Prize”…had the advantage of an epic tale and wondrous timing…The Quest, as its more open-ended title suggests, is a broader and more ambitious endeavor.”
Financial Times, Review “All About Oil” September 17, 2011: “Daniel Yergin’s guide to the essentials of energy in the 21st century is another triumph….It is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century. In Yergin’s lucid, easy prose…there are some vivid character sketches…There are also many wonderfully revealing observations and anecdotes..Above all, the value of The Quest is in the clarity and fair mindedness of thought…”The Prize” has acquired totemic status among those who work in and follow the energy industry. New reporters starting out on the beat are given copies by their seasoned colleagues, like infantryman being presented with Bibles before going to the front…The Quest…is sure to be every bit as valuable.”
New York Times Review “Visions of an Age when Oil Isn’t King” September 21, 2011: “Daniel Yergin is America’s most influential energy pundit, and the book that put him on the map was The Prize….Mr. Yergin is back with a sequel to “The Prize”. It is called “The Quest”…and, if anything, it is an even better book. It is searching, impartial and alarmingly up to date…The Quest will be necessary reading for CEOs, conservationists, lawmakers, generals, spies, tech geeks, thriller writers…and many others.”
Wall Street Journal Review “In Search of Carbon Copies” September 20 2011: “Mr. Yergin sagely analyzes how well the energy industry really works….He tells a sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky details and amusing anecdotes.”
Wall Street Journal “There Will Be Oil” by Daniel Yergin September 17, 2011: “For decades, advocates of ‘peak oil’ have been predicting a crisis in energy supplies. They’ve been wrong at every turn, says Daniel Yergin”