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America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis.
Publication details: London ; New York : Verso, 2009.Edition: New updated edDescription: xxiii, 353 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781844673131 (pbk.)
- 1844673138 (pbk.)
- HD9576.S33 V58 2009
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HD 9576 .S33 V58 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 604068 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-338) and index.
America's Kingdom debunks the many myths that now surround the United States's special relationship with Saudi Arabia, also known as "the deal": oil for security. Exploding the long-established myth that the Arabian American Oil Company, Aramco, made miracles happen in the desert, Robert Vitalis shows how oil led the US government to follow the company to the kingdom, and how oil and Aramco quickly became America's largest single overseas private enterprise.
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