Private Empire：ExxonMobil and American Power
- 作者
- 出版社 Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- 出版时间 2012年5月
- ISBN 9781594203350
- 定价 266.20
内容简介
InPrivateEmpireSteveCollinvestigatesthelargestandmostpowerfulprivatecorporationintheUnitedStates,revealingthetrueextentofitspower.ExxonMobil’sannualrevenuesarelargerthantheeconomicactivityinthegreatmajorityofcountries.Inmanyofthecountrieswhereitconductsbusiness,ExxonMobil’sswayoverpoliticsandsecurityisgreaterthanthatoftheUnitedStatesembassy.InWashington,ExxonMobilspendsmoremoneylobbyingCongressandtheWhiteHousethanalmostanyothercorporation.Yetdespiteitsoutsizedinfluence,itisablackbox.PrivateEmpirepullsbackthecurtain,trackingthecorporation’srecenthistoryanditscentralroleontheworldstage,beginningwiththeExxonValdezaccidentin1989andleadingtotheDeepwaterHorizonoilspillintheGulfofMexicoin2010.Theactionspanstheglobe,movingfromMoscow,toimpoverishedAfricancapitals,Indonesia,andelsewhereinheart-stoppingscenesthatfeaturekidnappingcases,civilwars,andhigh-stakesstrugglesattheKremlin.Athome,CollgoesinsideExxonMobil’sKStreetofficeandcorporationheadquartersinIrving,Texas,wheretopexecutivesinthe“GodPod”(asemployeescallit)overseeanextraordinarycorporatecultureofdisciplineandsecrecy.Thenarrativeisdrivenbylargerthanlifecharacters,includingcorporatelegendLee“IronAss”Raymond,ExxonMobil’schiefexecutiveuntil2005.AclosefriendofDickCheney’s,Raymondwasboththemostsuccessfulandeffectiveoilexecutiveofhiseraandanunabashedskepticaboutclimatechangeandgovernmentregulation..ThispositionproveddifficulttomaintaininthefaceofnewscienceandpoliticalchangeandRaymond’ssuccessor,currentExxonMobilchiefexecutiveRexTillerson,brokewithRaymond’sprogramsinanefforttoresetExxonMobil’spublicimage.Thelargercastincludescountlessworldleaders,plutocrats,dictators,guerrillas,andcorporatescientistswhoarepartofExxonMobil’scolossalstory.Thefirsthard-hittingexaminationofExxonMobil,PrivateEmpireisthemasterfulresultofColl’sindefatigablereporting.Hedrawshereonmorethanfourhundredinterviews;fieldreportingfromthehallsofCongresstotheoil-ladenswampsoftheNigerDelta;morethanonethousandpagesofpreviouslyclassifiedU.S.documentsobtainedundertheFreedomofInformationAct;heretoforeunexaminedcourtrecords;andmanyothersources.Apenetrating,newsbreakingstudy,PrivateEmpireisadefiningportraitofExxonMobilandtheplaceofBigOilinAmericanpoliticsandforeignpolicy.
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