In Too Deep: BP and the Drilling Race That Took it Down

"In Too Deep is the story of a corporate culture gone wrong. Reed and Fitzgerald have dug deep and come up with a cautionary tale that is also a cracking good yarn."
—Evan Thomas, Contributing Editor, Newsweek
"The touchstone account of the greatest environmental disaster of modern times. These seasoned reporters have produced a gripping, highly readable account of BP′s corporate culture and how it led to the Gulf of Mexico disaster. In Too Deep is a brilliant piece of reporting and a serious work of political economy."
—Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, coauthor, American Prometheus, and author, Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
"Stanley Reed is one of the most thoughtful and informed business journalists in the international community, and what′s more, always a pleasure to read."
—Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus, The Nation, George T. Delacorte Professor, Columbia University
"A masterly job of taking the reader behind the scenes to understand how and why the Deepwater Horizon blew up and the role of BP in the disaster. Paced almost as swiftly as events unfolded, the book takes us from the floor of the Gulf to the boardrooms in London and Washington to the sands of the Middle East. Every person who has grieved for the workers lost in the explosion or felt a pang of horror at the volumes of crude spilled into the ocean will appreciate how skillfully the authors have explained the event. Truth turns out to be more exciting, and better reading, than fiction."
—Doron Levin, contributor, Fortune, and author, Behind the Wheel at Chrysler and Irreconcilable Differences
"From the macho world of offshore oil drilling to the rarified world of Wimbledon tennis matches and Mayfair drinks parties, In Too Deep brings a uniquely deep, trans–Atlantic perspective to the Gulf of Mexico tragedy. Reed and Fitzgerald have teamed up to produce what may become a classic case study of a corporate culture gone wro ng."
—Julia Flynn Siler, author of the New York Times bestseller, The House of Mondavi, and the forthcoming Lost Kingdom
"Were this a work of fiction, readers would be spellbound. Since it′s reality, In Too Deep is essential to demanding the truth from leaders at all levels in business, government, and everywhere else."
—John Hofmeister, former President, Shell Oil Company, and author, Why We Hate the Oil Companies

Spis treści:
Cast of Characters.
Authors′ Note.
Prologue.
Chapter 1 Night of Horror, Day of Triumph.
Chapter 2 The Oil Lord.
Chapter 3 Agents of Empire.
Chapter 4 The Big Kahuna of the Gulf.
Chapter 5 Money, Politics and Bad Timing.
Chapter 6 Lord Browne′s Long Goodbye.
Chapter 7 Riding the Throughput Curve.
Chapter 8 Tony Hayward Comes up Short.
Chapter 9 Disaster on the Horizon.
Chapter 10 BP Struggles to Survive.
Epilogue.
Acknowledgments.
Notes.
About the Authors.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:

STANLEY REED was London Bureau Chief of BusinessWeek from 1996–2010. He is a specialist on the Middle East and energy. He has covered BP for more than a decade and accompanied then–CEO John Browne on a trip to Russia in 2003. He also visited BP′s Thunderhorse, the largest oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, in 2009. He won the 2003 Best of Knight–Bagehot Award from the Columbia Journalism School for his coverage of the Iraq war. He is now a reporter–at–large for Bloomberg News.
ALISON FITZGERALD, an investigative reporter at Bloomberg News, writes about the convergence of government and economics in Washington, D.C. Her coverage of the financial crisis and government rescue of the banking industry won her the 2009 George W. Polk Award for national reporting and the "Best of the Best" award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Her 2008 work on the global food crisis was hono red by the Overseas Press Club.

Okładka tylna:
"In Too Deep is the story of a corporate culture gone wrong. Reed and Fitzgerald have dug deep and come up with a cautionary tale that is also a cracking good yarn."
—Evan Thomas, Contributing Editor, Newsweek
"The touchstone account of the greatest environmental disaster of modern times. These seasoned reporters have produced a gripping, highly readable account of BP′s corporate culture and how it led to the Gulf of Mexico disaster. In Too Deep is a brilliant piece of reporting and a serious work of political economy."
—Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, coauthor, American Prometheus, and author, Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
"Stanley Reed is one of the most thoughtful and informed business journalists in the international community, and what′s more, always a pleasure to read."
—Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus, The Nation, George T. Delacorte Professor, Columbia University
"A masterly job of taking the reader behind the scenes to understand how and why the Deepwater Horizon blew up and the role of BP in the disaster. Paced almost as swiftly as events unfolded, the book takes us from the floor of the Gulf to the boardrooms in London and Washington to the sands of the Middle East. Every person who has grieved for the workers lost in the explosion or felt a pang of horror at the volumes of crude spilled into the ocean will appreciate how skillfully the authors have explained the event. Truth turns out to be more exciting, and better reading, than fiction."
—Doron Levin, contributor, Fortune, and author, Behind the Wheel at Chrysler and Irreconcilable Differences
"From the macho world of offshore oil drilling to the rarified world of Wimbledon tennis matches and Mayfair drinks parties, In Too Deep brings a uniquely deep, trans–Atlantic perspective to the Gulf of Mexico tragedy. Reed and Fitzgerald have teamed up to produce what may become a classic case study of a corporate culture gone wrong."
—Julia Flynn Siler, author of the New York Times bestseller, The House of Mondavi, and the forthcoming Lost Kingdom
"Were this a work of fiction, readers would be spellbound. Since it′s reality, In Too Deep is essential to demanding the truth from leaders at all levels in business, government, and everywhere else."
—John Hofmeister, former President, Shell Oil Company, and author, Why We Hate the Oil Companies