Thicker than oil:America's uneasy partnership with Saudi Arabia
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | 2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 353 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., map ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0195167430 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780195167436 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780195367058 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0195367057 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D838 |
CLC: |
D838.427.12 D871.223.84 |
Call Number: | D871.223.84/B869 |
Contents: |
"A Council on Foreign Relations book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-331) and index. 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. |