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From Arab Nationalism to OPEC: Eisenhower, King Sa'ud, and the Making of U.S.-Saudi Relations (Indiana Series in Middle East Studies) |
This book examines the development of the US relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as it first developed, in the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations.
Most useful for students of diplomacy, it charts the many initiatives proposed in Washington (but also New York and London) to keep oil flowing, to counter the effects of Arab nationalism, to guard against the spread of communism, and to ensure that friendly regimes in the region and Europe remained stable. It also examines maneuvering between Kings Saud and Faisal and the Buraimi border dispute the Kingdom had with Abu Dhabi and Muscat, and how the US and UK were involved in the latter.
Posted by dubaiwalla at October 22, 2006 12:14 PM
Filed Under: 18th - 20th century
, Gulf
, Pan-Arabism
, Political Islam
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How is it on the market literacy front?
Posted by: The Lounsbury at October 22, 2006 01:12 PM
There were no obvious economic failings in the book (on the part of the author, that is; he posits that Gulf rulers didn't always act rationally to maximize profits). However, its focus was on the implications oil had on foreign policies and regional order, rather than on the minutiae of commodities trading or macroeconomic development.
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at October 22, 2006 02:14 PM
The best book I ever read about Oil is called the Prize. Its a long read but worthwhile.
Posted by: Jashanmal at November 1, 2006 04:27 PM
Read a very interesting book some years ago the US-Saudi relationship in petrodollar recycling, called The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony, by David Spiro - which, in spite of the dramatic title, is actually a fairly sober study that sorts through IMF records and stuff like that:
Bob Vitalis' recent book on ARAMCO and successive American administrations and American conceptions of race was also really interesting:
Posted by: SP at November 7, 2006 04:41 AM
