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Saudi Arabian Oil and American Foreign Policy

International relations

Author: Aaron David Miller

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Language: English

Published by: The University of North Carolina Press

Published on: 6th October 2017

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9781469640075


Summary

Miller shows how the American stake in Saudi Arabian oil challenged the United States to create closer ties with the Saudi kingdom, compelling the move from isolation to involvement with the Middle East. He describes the growing awareness of the strategic importance of Saudi Arabia, U.S. shrinking oil reserves and the focusing of America on gaining access to the king's oil, and the continued efforts of U.S. officials after World War II to develop Arabian oil even in the emerging cold war.

Publication Information

Originally published in 1980.

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