Saudi Arabia's geographic location and religiously motivated foreign policy figured prominently in American efforts to defeat godless communism. She argues that contrary to popular belief the relationship was never simply about oil for security. Drawing on a wide range of archival material, declassified documents, and interviews with leading Saudi and American officials, and including many colorful stories of diplomatic adventures and misadventures, Bronson chronicles a history of close, and always controversial, contacts. In Thicker than Oil, Rachel Bronson reveals why the partnership became so intimate and how the countries' shared interests sowed the seeds of today's most pressing problem-Islamic radicalism. Then came the 9/11 attacks, which sorely tested that relationship. Thicker than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabiaįor fifty-five years, the United States and Saudi Arabia were solid partners. Thicker Than Oil: Americas Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia See all condition definitions – opens in a new window or tab
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From Africa to Afghanistan, Egypt to Nicaragua, the two worked to beat back Soviet expansion.
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Saudi Arabias geographic location and religiously motivated foreign policy figured prominently in American efforts to defeat godless communism. Drawing on a wide range of archival material, declassified documents, and interviews with leading Saudi and American officials, and including many colourful stories of diplomatic adventures and misadventures, Bronson chronicles a history of close, and always controversial, contacts.She argues that contrary to popular belief the relationship was never simply about oil for security.
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For fifty-five years, the United States and Saudi Arabia were solid partners.Then came the 9/11 attacks, which sorely tested that relationship.In Thicker than Oil, Rachel Bronson reveals why the partnership became so intimate and how the countries shared interests sowed the seeds of todays most pressing problem-Islamic radicalism.