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Robert Vitalis America's Kingdom (Hardback). Eisenhower agreed to train Ibn Sa'ud's army, Kennedy sent jets to defend the kingdom, and Lyndon Johnson sold it missiles. Author: Robert Vitalis. Format: Hardback. This is a gripping story that covers more than seventy years, three continents, and an engrossing cast of characters. Further DetailsTitle: America's Kingdom Condition: New Description: America's Kingdom debunks the many myths that now surround the United States's "special relationship" with Saudi Arabia, or what is less reverently known as "the deal": oil for security. Taking aim at the long-held belief that the Arabian American Oil Company, ARAMCO, made miracles happen in the desert, Robert Vitalis shows that nothing could be further from the truth. What is true is that oil led the U.S. government to follow the company to the kingdom. Eisenhower agreed to train Ibn Sa'ud's army, Kennedy sent jets to defend the kingdom, and Lyndon Johnson sold it missiles. Oil and ARAMCO quickly became America's largest single overseas private enterprise. Beginning with the establishment of a Jim Crow system in the Dhahran oil camps in the 1930s, the book goes on to examine the period of unrest in the 1950s and 1960s when workers challenged the racial hierarchy of the ARAMCO camps while a small cadre of progressive Saudis challenged the hierarchy of the international oil market. The defeat of these groups led to the consolidation of America's Kingdom under the House of Fahd, the royal faction that still rules today. This is a gripping story that covers more than seventy years, three continents, and an engrossing cast of characters. Informed by first hand accounts from ARAMCO employees and top U.S. government officials, this book offers the true story of the events on the Saudi oil fields. After America's Kingdom , mythmakers will have to work harder on their tales about ARAMCO being magical, honorable, selfless, and enlightened. Author: Robert Vitalis EAN: 9780804754460 Format: Hardback Country/Region of Manufacture: US ISBN: 9780804754460 Publisher: Stanford University Press Language: English Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Weight: 649g Genre: Law & Politics Subtitle: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier Release Date: 10/10/2006 Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures Topic: Technology & Engineering Release Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
