Inside the mirage : America's fragile partnership with Saudi Arabia /

Inside the mirage : America's fragile partnership with Saudi Arabia /

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"The relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has always been a marriage of convenience, not affection. In a bargain cemented by President Roosevelt and Saudi Arabia's founding king in 1945, Americans gained access to Saudi oil, and the Saudis sent the dollars back with purc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lippman, Thomas W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2004]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Influence.
United States > Relations > Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia > Relations > United States.
Online Access:Table of contents
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Table of Contents:
  • The pioneers
  • Into the wilderness
  • Little America
  • Arabs and attitudes
  • Funny money
  • The little screen
  • Come fly with me
  • A Ford in their past
  • The American way
  • Down on the farm
  • Christians and Jews
  • Go directly to jail
  • The cultural divide
  • From swords to missiles
  • Desert storms
  • After September 11.