Queen of the oil club : the intrepid Wanda Jablonski and the power of information / Anna Rubino.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-332) and index.

Foreword / Daniel Yergin -- Prologue: Wanda's Last Scoop -- 1. Peripatetic Youth -- 2. "Just Call Me Bill" -- 3. Iranian Intrigue -- 4. Savoring the Bedouin Brew -- 5. The Advent of Oil Nationalism -- 6. OPEC's Midwife -- 7. Smoking Out the Shah -- 8. Publishing the "Bible" -- 9. Final Confrontations.

"This Is The Story Of A Gutsy Journalist Who challenged power - and succeeded. Wonda Jablonski was an investigative reporter, publisher, and power broker who came to wield exceptional influence on twentieth-century geopolitics by shedding light on the secretive world of oil from the 1950s through the 1980s. Jablonski unveiled many mysteries of the oil club, an elite group of Western executives who once controlled the international petroleum business." "Tenacious and glamorous, Wanda - as she was known in the oil world - coaxed her way into exploration sites in Middle Eastern deserts, drilling camps in the Venezuelan jungle, male-only boardrooms in New York and London, and the king's harem in Saudi Arabia. She survived threats, boycotts, and suspicions of espionage as she elicited information and insight from CEOs of the oil giants and political leaders, including the shah of Iran." "Anna Rubino, who reported for Jablonski in the 1980s, uses scores of interviews, exclusive access to her private papers, and newly declassified information to tell the dramatic story of this journalistic pioneer and the power of information."--BOOK JACKET.