Thicker Than Oil : America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia.

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Drawing on a wide range of archival material, declassified documents, and interviews with leading Saudi and American officials, Bronson chronicles a history of close, and always controversial, contacts between the US and Saudi Arabia. She argues that contrary to popular belief the relationship was n...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bronson, Rachel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2008.
Subjects:
Diplomatic relations
United States > Foreign relations > Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia > Foreign relations > United States.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Arabie saoudite.
Arabie saoudite > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
Saudi Arabia
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Oil, God and real estate
  • Dropping anchors in the Middle East
  • An Islamic pope
  • Shifting sands
  • Double, double, oil and trouble
  • "A new and glorious chapter"
  • Mobilizing religion
  • Begin or Reagan
  • "We support some, they support some"
  • The Cold War ends with a bang
  • Parting ways
  • September 11 and beyond
  • Reconfiguring the U.S.-Saudi strategic partnership.

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