Desert diplomat
Subtitle: inside Saudi Arabia following 9/11
By: Robert W. Jordan with Steve Fiffer ; foreword by James A. Baker III
Contributors: Fiffer, Steve
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781612346700
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Biography; Diplomatic history; Ambassadors; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Influence; Foreign relations
Description: In the spring of 2001, George W. Bush selected Dallas attorney Robert W. Jordan as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Jordan's nomination sped through Congress in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, and he was at his post by early October, though with no prior diplomatic experience, as Saudi Arabia mandates that the U.S. Ambassador be a political appointee with the ear of the president. Hence Jordan had to learn on the job how to run an embassy, deal with a foreign culture, and protect U.S. interests, all following the most significant terrorist attacks on the United States in history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.