Oil Powers
Oil Powers Since the mid-twentieth century, the United States and Saudi Arabia have built a close but often troubled alliance. Oil Powers traces the growth of the alliance through a dense web of…
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Oil Powers
Since the mid-twentieth century, the United States and Saudi Arabia have built a close but often troubled alliance. Oil Powers traces the growth of the alliance through a dense web of political, economic, and social connections that bolstered royal and executive power and the national-security state. In this critical history, Victor McFarland reveals the deep ties binding the leaders of the two nations.Connecting foreign relations and domestic politics, McFarland challenges the view that the U.S.-Saudi alliance is the inevitable consequence of American energy demand and Saudi Arabia's huge oil reserves.
and Saudi elites collaborated to advance their shared interests against rivals at home and abroad. McFarland shows how U.S. During the 1970s, as higher oil prices enriched the Saudi government, destabilized the American economy, and changed the balance of power in the