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Thicker than Oil

America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia

by Rachel Bronson

Thicker than Oil
Publisher: Oxford University Press (USA)
Pub. Date: 2006
ISBN: 9780195167436
No. pages: 384

Category: Intercultural Management
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In this summary you will learn

  • How Saudi Arabia's special relationship with the United States developed
  • What drives Saudi domestic and foreign policy

Why you should read Thicker than Oil

American foreign policy exists simultaneously at several levels. Talk radio and TV pundits occupy the surface level, while foreign policy professionals understand increasingly deeper layers of information, history and interpretation. Rachel Bronson uses a scholarly approach for this in-depth discussion of America's complex relationship with Saudi Arabia. Linked by their animosity toward communism, and a fundamental supplier-customer relationship based on oil, the Saudis and Americans were allies throughout the Cold War. Then, they worked clandestinely to thwart the Soviets. But in the post-Cold War environment, conditions changed. The Saudis faced a major threat from other Islamic nations over their monarchy and their close relations with the U.S. Bronson densely packs her book with historical events in diplomatic, military, religious and cultural frameworks. Much of this material was classified and unavailable previously, so Bronson has fresh information. getAbstract considers this essential reading for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of the vital, evolving relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States.

About the Author

Rachel Bronson, Ph.D., is a senior fellow and director of Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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