America's Kingdom :Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier
America's Kingdom :Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier
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Published:
2 March, 2009
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781844673131 |
| ISBN10 | 1844673138 |
| Number Of Pages | 408 |
| Item Weight | 509 g |
| Product Dimensions | 152 x 229 x 29 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Verso Books |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | 2nd edition |
Media Reviews
A devastating critique of the US-Saudi relationship. -- Tariq Ali * Guardian *
A scholarly and readable book on the interaction between Saudi society and Aramco, the US oil giant that had its beginnings when the Saudi government granted its first concessions to Standard Oil of California in 1933. Combining history with political geography, Vitalis sheds a bright light on the origins and less savory aspects of the Saudi-US relationship. * London Review of Books *
Groundbreaking is a word too often used in assessing historical scholarship. Yet its application to Robert Vitalis's book is nothing less than a necessity. The result of painstaking research in not only heretofore unused but previously unknown records, the book makes a major contribution to a variety of fields: international history, US-Saudi relations, business history, American race history, and more ... Those seeking to explain the present US place in the world should consider it essential reading. * American Historical Review *
Author's Bio
Robert Vitalis is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is author of When Capitalists Collide: Business Conflict and the End of Empire in Egypt and co-editor of Counter-Narratives: History, Contemporary Society, and Politics in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.