David Halberstam

PREFACE ' ^ he fifties were captured in black and white, most often by T still photographers; by contrast, the decade that followed was, more often than not, caught in living color on tape or fihn. Not surprisingly, in retrospect the pace of the fifties seemed slower, almost languid. Social...

1. MAXWELL'S WARNING There had been plenty of warnings. Some experts had pointed out that the sources of oil were not limitless, that consumption was rising faster than production. Some noted that certain of the oil-producing countries were politically unstable and hostile to the United States....