America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis.
America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis.
America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis.
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2007.
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N338.76655/ 6
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English
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Physical content
xxvii, 353 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Captive narratives : a brief and unexceptional introduction to the history of firms and states -- 2. Arabian frontiers -- 3. American camp -- 4. The wizards of Dhahran -- 5. Ayyam al-Kadalak (days of the Cadillac) -- 6. Eye of the desert -- 7. El Jafe Rojo -- 8. America's kingdom.
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2007.
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California
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"America's Kingdom debunks the many myths that now surround the United States' "special relationship" with Saudi Arabia, or what is less reverently known as "the deal": oil for security. Taking aim at the long-held belief that the Arabian American Oil Company, ARAMCO, made miracles happen in the desert, Robert Vitalis shows that nothing could be fu...
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America's kingdom : mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier / Robert Vitalis.
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Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-338) and index.
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N338.76655/ 6
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74VKJKVvdKjA
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0804754462 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804754460 (cloth : alk. paper)
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338.7665509538
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991022128279702626
