Saudi Arabia and the United States
Subtitle: Birth of a Security Partnership (The Adst-Dacor Diplomats and Diplomacy Series)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: March 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780253334602
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Diplomacy; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Second World War, 1939-1945; U.S. - Middle East Relations; History; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Middle East; Saudi Arabia; USA; International Relations - General; Middle East - Saudi Arabia; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Middle East - General; 1945-1989; 1989-; 20th century; Foreign relations; National security; United States
First sentence: Three years into World War II, the government of Winston Churchill in war-battered London might have been expected to welcome an economic as well as a military partner in the Middle East, especially one with so little political ambition or concern in the area.