Saudi Arabia and the US since 1962 : allies in conflict / Naif bin Hethlain.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:London : SAQI, [2010]تاريخ حقوق النشر: copyright 2010وصف:382 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780863564659 (hbk)
- 0863564658 (hbk)
- Saudi Arabia and the United States since 1962
- DS228.U6 B56 2010
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS228.U6 B56 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000316860 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-363) and index.
1. The Faisal Era (1962-79): Mutual Collaboration, Different Agendas -- 2. The First Fahd Era (1979-90): From Reserved Cooperation to Far-Reaching Dependence -- 3. The Later Fahd Legacy (1990-2001): From Reliance to Mutual Liability -- 4. The 'Abdullah Era (2001-06): Confrontation, Mutual Accusation and Disappointment --- Conclusion --- Postscript: Obama: Continuation or Change?
Since the 1960s Saudi Arabia and the US have maintained a strategic alliance which has often involved a delicate diplomatic balancing act. Characterized by overlapping interests and mutual dependency - the US on the Kingdom for its oil and regional influence, Saudi Arabia on the US for security and legitimacy - Saudi-US relations have withstood successive changes of kings and presidents alike. However, since 9/11 officials in both countries have been reluctant to proclaim their relations openly for fear of national opposition. Arguing that Saudi-US relations are critical to developments in the Middle East, Naif bin Hethlain revisits critical past events - Egypt's involvement in Yemen, the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Gulf Wars, and the fall of the Twin Towers, among others - and uses them as a framework with which to examine the two nations' complex relationship. Insightful and exhaustively researched, "Saudi Arabia and the US since 1962" is a nuanced assessment of over forty-five years of geopolitics.