Book Review of Thicker Than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia written by Rachel Bronson
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Looney, Robert
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2006
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Gulf Research Center
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A widely held view in the United States of
the US-Saudi Arabian relationship goes
something like this: For six decades, one of the few constants in American foreign policy has been the special relationship with Saudi Arabia forged by President Roosevelt shortly after the cessation
of conflict in Europe. Since that time, the United
States has offered military protection to the Saudi royal family in return for the free flow of relatively
cheap oil. Every president since Franklin Rooseevelt has stuck by this deal, and the Saudis have
kept their part of the bargain by building excess oil
capacity and being a swing producer to moderate
any oil price spikes. For its part, the United States
has also championed Saudi causes in international
organizations such as the World Trade Organizattion.
While in the OPEC oil cartel, the Saudis
have been the voice of moderation...
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Book Review by Robert Looney of Thicker Than Oil: America's Uneasey Partnership with Saudi Arabia written by Rachel Bronson.
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