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From Arab Nationalism to OPEC, second edition [electronic resource] : Eisenhower, King Sa'ud, and the making of U.S.-Saudi relations
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Citino, Nathan J.
- Series:
- Indiana series in Middle East studies From Arab nationalism to OPEC
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- History.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Political aspects.
- United States--Foreign relations--Saudi Arabia.
- Petroleum industry and trade--History--Political aspects--Arab countries.
- United States.
- Saudi Arabia--Foreign relations--United States.
- Saudi Arabia.
- United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
- Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 1902-1969.
- Saud.
- Local Subjects:
- Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- History.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Political aspects.
- United States--Foreign relations--Saudi Arabia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As OPEC approaches its 50th anniversary, the paperback edition of Nathan J. Citino's well-received study advances a challenging, revisionist interpretation of U.S.-Saudi relations and OPEC's historical significance. Citino re-examines the relationship between President Eisenhower and King Sa'Å«d in the context of the transition from British imperial hegemony to an American capitalist order in the Middle East. He shows how the political realignment that resulted in OPEC ensured that wealth and power sub
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Maps; Introduction: Saudi Arabia and the Anglo-American Postwar Petroleum OrderŽ; 1 A Dutch Uncle: The U.S. and Buraymi, 1952; 2 Old Soldiers: Eisenhower and 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Sa'ud, January...November 1953; 3 Reaching a Crossroads: The U.S. and King Sa'ud, December 1953...November 1955; 4 A Tangled Skein: Suez, December 1955...December 1956; 5 We Have Here an Opportunity: The Eisenhower Doctrine, January 1957...July 1958; 6 We Might as Well Believe in Arab Nationalism: OPEC and the Modern Saudi State, August 1958...December 1960; Conclusion
- AbbreviationsNotes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-253-10929-9
- OCLC:
- 56635789
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