The United States and Saudi Arabia : a special relationship ; its birth, evolution and reapportionment.
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Authors
Howard, Jimmy H.
Subjects
United States
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
Foreign Policy
International Relations
National Interests
Strategic Interests
Middle East
Oil
Petroleum
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
Foreign Policy
International Relations
National Interests
Strategic Interests
Middle East
Oil
Petroleum
Advisors
Amos, J.W. II
Date of Issue
1981-06
Date
June 1981
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The primary purpose of this work is to define what has
so commonly been referred to as a "special relationship"
between the United States and Saudi Arabia. In accomplishing that task there evolved therefrom two paramount theses
The first is that there is, indeed, a special relation'
ship between the United States and Saudi Arabia and the
second is that the relationship underwent a significant
change in 1973, Founded shortly after the birth of the
nation-state kingdom within a context of private economic
venture, it was a decade later before the relationship was
expanded to include bilateral government relations. The
year 1973 marked a watershed in the relationship for it
was events of that year which prompted a redistribution
of share-interests and a metamorphosis of the relationship
into something of greater complexity and intertwining of
interests
.
The method of approach is via chronological history.
The first half of this work traces the birth and evolution
of the relationship while the latter half focuses upon
current vested national interests and possibilities of the
future.
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Thesis
Description
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Department
National Security Affairs (NSA)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.