Thicker than oil : America's uneasy partnership with Saudi Arabia /

For fifty-five years, the United States and Saudi Arabia were solid partners. Since 9/11 this partnership has been sorely tested. In "Thicker than Oil", Rachel Bronson shows why the partnership became so intimate and the problems that it spawned. This normally secretive relationship comes...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Bronson, Rachel
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=169240
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • 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.