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020 _a0813340527 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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035 _a(OCoLC)68208728
049 _aGRAL
100 1 _aLippman, Thomas W.
245 1 0 _aInside the mirage :
_bAmerica's fragile partnership with Saudi Arabia /
_cThomas W. Lippman.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aCambridge, MA :
_bWestview Press,
_cc2004.
300 _aix, 396 p. :
_bill., map, ports. ;
_c23 cm.
505 0 _aThe pioneers -- Into the wilderness -- Little America -- Arabs and attitudes -- Funny money -- The little screen -- Come fly with me -- A Ford in their past -- The American way -- Down on the farm -- Christians and Jews -- Go directly to jail -- The cultural divide -- From swords to missiles -- Desert storms -- After September 11.
520 1 _a"The relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has always been a marriage of convenience, not affection. In a bargain cemented by President Roosevelt and Saudi Arabia's founding king in 1945, Americans gained access to Saudi oil, and the Saudis sent the dollars back with purchases of American planes, American weapons, American construction projects, and American know-how that brought them modernization, education, and security. The marriage has suited both sides. But how long can it last?"
520 8 _a"In Inside the Mirage, veteran Middle East journalist Thomas W. Lippman shows that behind the official proclamations of friendship and alliance lies a complex relationship that has often been strained by the mutual aversion of two very different societies. Today the U.S.-Saudi partnership faces its greatest challenge as younger Saudis, less enamored of America, rise to prominence and Americans, scorched by Saudi-based terrorism, question the value of their ties to the desert kingdom."--BOOK JACKET.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aPersian Gulf War, 1991.
650 0 _aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
_xInfluence.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xRelations
_zSaudi Arabia.
651 0 _aSaudi Arabia
_xRelations
_zUnited States.
856 4 1 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003017526.html
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