About this title: "America's Kingdom" debunks the many myths that now surround the United States's "special relationship" with Saudi Arabia, or what is less reverently known as "the deal": oil for security. Taking aim at the long-held belief that the Arabian American Oil Company, ARAMCO, made miracles happen in the desert, Robert Vitalis shows that nothing could be further from the truth. What is true is that oil led the U.S. government to follow the company to the kingdom. Eisenhower agreed to train Ibn Sa'ud's army, Kennedy sent jets to defend the kingdom, and Lyndon Johnson sold it missiles. Oil and ARAMCO ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780804754460ISBN:0804754462
Description: Good. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. Contains: Illustrations. Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures (Hardcover). read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Verso
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781844673131ISBN:1844673138
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Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2006-10-10
ISBN-13:9780804754460ISBN:0804754462
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Publisher: Verso Books
Date Published: 2009-03-01
ISBN-13:9781844673131ISBN:1844673138
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Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: 2006
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780804754460ISBN:0804754462
Description: New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. Contains: Illustrations. Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures (Hardcover). read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: 2006-10-10
ISBN-13:9780804754460ISBN:0804754462
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Verso Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781844673131ISBN:1844673138
Description: New. Debunks the many myths that surround the United States' special relationship with Saudi Arabia, also known as 'the deal': oil for security. This book shows how oil led the US government to follow the company to the kingdom, and how oil and ARAMCO quic... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VERSO
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781844673131ISBN:1844673138
Description: New. Examination of U.S. -Saudi relations, the development of the oil frontier, and the enduring legacy of racial segregation at the Aramco camps. read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Verso
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781844673131ISBN:1844673138
Description: New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 353 p. Contains: Illustrations. Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Cultures (Paperback). read more
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