Blowout : corrupted democracy, rogue state Russia, and the richest, most destructive industry on Earth / Rachel Maddow.

By: Maddow, Rachel [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown, an imprint of Random House, [2019]Edition: First editionDescription: xxi, 406 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780525575474Subject(s): Tillereson, Rex, 1952- -- Ethics | Gas industry -- Corrupt practices | Gas industry -- Corrupt practices -- Russia | Gas companies -- Corrupt practices | Russia (Federation)LOC classification: HD9581.A2 | M33 2019
Contents:
Introduction: In a surrealist landscape -- Splendor and fragrance -- The genie -- Stolen goods -- Charlie Hustle -- Thunder up! -- Rex shrugged -- A risk management problem -- Poster boy -- Practical realities -- Who does that? -- The other 1 percent -- Ultrahazardous activity -- A significant strategic step -- Trust -- The handsome hero -- This ai't no disco -- Such a man is born once every few decades -- Putin zasal -- All hail the mercenaries -- His idea of America -- Because they could -- "We greatly value our relationship" -- Pobeda! -- "Yeah that was crazy" -- Active appreciation -- It all ties back -- "All they have is this" -- "Constituency trumps everything" -- Containment.
Summary: "With her trademark black humor, Maddow takes us on a switchback journey around the globe, revealing the greed and incompetence of Big Oil and Gas along the way, and drawing a surprising conclusion about why the Russian government hacked the 2016 U.S. election."-- Amazon.com.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-390) and index.

Introduction: In a surrealist landscape -- Splendor and fragrance -- The genie -- Stolen goods -- Charlie Hustle -- Thunder up! -- Rex shrugged -- A risk management problem -- Poster boy -- Practical realities -- Who does that? -- The other 1 percent -- Ultrahazardous activity -- A significant strategic step -- Trust -- The handsome hero -- This ai't no disco -- Such a man is born once every few decades -- Putin zasal -- All hail the mercenaries -- His idea of America -- Because they could -- "We greatly value our relationship" -- Pobeda! -- "Yeah that was crazy" -- Active appreciation -- It all ties back -- "All they have is this" -- "Constituency trumps everything" -- Containment.

"With her trademark black humor, Maddow takes us on a switchback journey around the globe, revealing the greed and incompetence of Big Oil and Gas along the way, and drawing a surprising conclusion about why the Russian government hacked the 2016 U.S. election."-- Amazon.com.

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