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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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=169240 |
Sumário:
- 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.