Internal Combustion- the book

I've come back to Edwin Black's new book Internal Combustion How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives. I have yet to read it but I will. It goes back to the humble light bulb that went off in my head after my visit to the Edison Ford Winter Estates in Ft. Myers. Anyway, there is a big picture and a lot of paths that crossed. The drums in the trailer are a bit overkill but I am curious about all the fine points of how "controlling" energy in this country came about.