Thicker than oil : America's uneasy partnership with Saudi Arabia / / Rachel Bronson
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| Autore: |
Bronson Rachel
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| Titolo: |
Thicker than oil : America's uneasy partnership with Saudi Arabia / / Rachel Bronson
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2006] |
| ©2006 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (384 p. ) : ill., map, ports |
| Disciplina: | 327.730538 |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations Saudi Arabia |
| Saudi Arabia Foreign relations United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | "A Council on Foreign Relations book." |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-331) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Rachel Bronson analyses the sometimes rocky partnership between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and the problems that it has spawned in this history of U.S. policy toward Saudi Arabia. She discusses the potential long-term repercussions of allowing the alliance to deteriorate in today's battle against global terrorism. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Thicker than oil |
| ISBN: | 1-280-53411-7 |
| 0-19-972888-7 | |
| 1-4294-0408-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458833103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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