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

By: Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xi, 353 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195167430 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780195167436 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780195367058 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E183.8.S25 B76 2006
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.

"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.

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