Thicker Than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia.(Book review)

From: Middle East Policy | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Thicker Than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia, by Rachel Bronson. Oxford University Press/Council on Foreign Relations 2006. 353 pages, including photos, notes, bibliography, and index. $28.00, hardcover.

"Few relationships are as vital, under as much pressure, and as poorly understood as that between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." With this observation, Rachel Bronson, senior fellow and director of Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, introduces her important and timely examination of the extraordinary 60-year ...

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