TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bin Hethlain,Naif
TI  - Saudi Arabia and the US since 1962: allies in conflict 
SN  - 9780863564659 (hbk.)
AV  - E183.8.S25 B56 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - SAQI
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Saudi Arabia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-363) and index; Introduction --- 1. The Faisal Era (1962-79): Mutual Collaboration, Different Agendas -- 2. The First Fahd Era (1979-90): From Reserved Cooperation to Far-Reaching Dependence -- 3. The Later Fahd Legacy (1990-2001): From Reliance to Mutual Liability -- 4. The 'Abdullah Era (2001-06): Confrontation, Mutual Accusation and Disappointment  --- Conclusion --- Postscript: Obama: Continuation or Change?
N2  - Since the 1960s Saudi Arabia and the US have maintained a strategic alliance which has often involved a delicate diplomatic balancing act. Characterized by overlapping interests and mutual dependency - the US on the Kingdom for its oil and regional influence, Saudi Arabia on the US for security and legitimacy - Saudi-US relations have withstood successive changes of kings and presidents alike. However, since 9/11 officials in both countries have been reluctant to proclaim their relations openly for fear of national opposition. Arguing that Saudi-US relations are critical to developments in the Middle East, Naif bin Hethlain revisits critical past events - Egypt's involvement in Yemen, the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Gulf Wars, and the fall of the Twin Towers, among others - and uses them as a framework with which to examine the two nations' complex relationship. Insightful and exhaustively researched, "Saudi Arabia and the US since 1962" is a nuanced assessment of over forty-five years of geopolitics
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