The Taking Of Getty Oil by Steve Coll

A gripping investigative account of the scramble for control of a vast oil fortune, tracing how corporate raiders, rival executives and heirs to a fractious family dynasty used aggressive finance, legal maneuvers and personal vendettas to reshape the company and its legacy; the book lays bare the boardroom strategy, courtroom battles and human costs of a high-stakes takeover that transformed the oil industry and those caught up in it.

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