Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill Hardcover - 2011

From the rear cover

A searing look at the human face of BP's disaster in the Gulf

"We cannot allow the BP disaster to be pushed from public view the way BP used chemical dispersants to hide the oil. These remarkable stories--of loss, heroism, and culpability--are a vivid reminder that this catastrophe will be with us for decades, and that we have not yet made the changes necessary to prevent destruction in the future."
--Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

"Black Tide is extremely well researched, reasoned, and written. The story of the Macondo well disaster has important ramifications for our future. Antonia Juhasz helps us understand what this disaster can mean to present and future generations."
--Dr. Robert Bea, Deepwater Horizon Study Group

"It's hard to imagine a better person to turn loose on this epochal disaster than Antonia Juhasz, with her compassionate heart, vivid prose, and rich expertise in both oil and economic policy. Black Tide covers everything from the details of the oil-smeared beaches and the drilling rig's control room to the big picture of the mega oil corporations and the governments they push around, but it's not just a book about disaster: it's a series of encounters with real people, from oceanographers to oyster shuckers, striving to make things right. Juhasz tells this story as no one else could. Black Tide is riveting, infuriating, and incredibly important to understand the places, politics, and people who survived the Gulf oil disaster."
--Rebecca Solnit, author of A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

The story of the largest oil disaster in American history is more than one of ruined beaches, dead wildlife, chemical dispersants, corporate spin, political machinations, and financial fallout. It is a riveting human drama filled with people whose lives will forever be defined as "before" and "after" the Gulf oil disaster. Black Tide is the only book to tell this story through the perspective of people on all sides of the catastrophe, from those who lost their lives, loved ones, and livelihoods to those who made the policies that set the devastating event in motion, those who cut the corners and put corporate profits over people and the environment, and those who have committed their lives to ensuring that such an event is never repeated.