Oil Powers: A History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance, Hardcover - Victor McFarland

Since the mid-twentieth century, the United States and Saudi Arabia have built a close but often troubled alliance. In this critical history, Victo...

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The first expose of the secret U.S.-Saudi plot that broke OPEC and brought down the Shah of Iran

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Examines the evolution of Queen Victoria's on-screen image. From the satirical cartoons and silent films of the 19th century to the television show...

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The history of oilmen and the energy bankers who loan them capital is inextricably bound together. Energy bankers have reacted, adjusted and evolve...

Reducere. This updated edition analyses the challenges, both internal and external, facing Saudi Arabia in the twenty-first century. Two new chapters discuss...

Proverbs 22: 1 "A Good Name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold."

In Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats, the most thorough treatment of the political economy of Saudi Arabia to date, Steffen Hertog uncovers an unto...

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Publisher: Oxford University Press IncIllustration(s): 5 colorNumber of pages: 304Collection: OXFORD PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS SERIESPublication date:...

Reducere. DescriptionOn January 10, 1901, near Beaumont, Texas, an unremarkable knoll of earth the world would soon call Spindletop shot a geyser of oil a hu...

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The Afghanistan File, written by the former head of Saudi Arabian Intelligence, tells the story of his Department's involvement in Afghanistan from...

When impoverished aristocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked on with dis...

North Sea oil forms a crucial chapter in Scottish history. Written by an industry insider, a combination of lightly technical explanation and anecd...

The past decade has seen major political upheaval in Latin America--from Brazil to Chile to Venezuela to Bolivia--but to understand what happened, ...

The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple - Malcolm Barber

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From the onset of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 until the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Britain enjoyed an ambiguous re...

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Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Da...

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Reducere. DescriptionRobert Lovett grew up in Texas, went to Yale, and earned his wings as a naval air force hero in World War I. He played a key role in the...

In the fall of 1983, arguably the coldest year of the decades-long Cold War, the world's greatest superpower invaded Grenada, a Marxist-led Caribbe...

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Focusing on the eight islands or chains that that form part of the British Isles, this book tells the often forgotten stories of Shetland, Orkney, ...

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