虽然这是部虚构的小说,但是,在很大程度上,我是依靠了历史事实来提供一幅世界石油工业真实运转的画面。本书全部虚构的超级石油公司所运用的许多谋略、伎俩和历史事件,或者和当今新闻界所披露的某些内幕有惊人的相似之处。石油意味着财富和权力。石油还意味着和平——或战争。首先,石油和石油巨头自身就是法律。 Although this is a fictional fiction, to a large extent, I rely on historical facts to provide a picture of the real operation of the world oil industry. Many of the strategies, tricks and historical events employed by all the fictional super-oil companies in this book have striking resemblances to some of the inside stories disclosed by the press today. Oil means wealth and power. Oil also means peace - or war. First, the oil and oil giants themselves are laws.