![]() ![]() ![]() It takes us on a grand, in-depth tour of the American oil and gas industry from its beginnings in the mid-1800s all the way to today, where interesting and insidious international wheeling and dealing by a more familiar cast of characters helps to explain the current state of world tensions as well as why it’s so much harder than it should be to confront head-on the worsening climate change situation that threatens all of us well into the future.įor fans of Maddow’s reporting style on MSNBC, there is a wealth of knowledge to be gained about things we may never have been interested in knowing before. That means it’s dense and scholarly in the good doctor’s inimitable way, including long histories, seemingly divergent facts and associations, and a parade of villains a majority of people never heard of. Rachel Maddow’s new book Blowout isn’t so long (at a mere 367 hardcover pages sans notes and index) that it looks daunting to the interested reader. Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth ![]()
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