America's Kingdom - Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier (Paperback, 2nd edition)

Now newly updated, "America's Kingdom" debunks the many myths that now surround the United States's special relationship with Saudi Arabia, also known as "the deal" oil for security. Exploding the long-established myth that the Arabian American Oil Company, Aramco, made miracles happen in the desert, Robert Vitalis shows how oil led the US government to follow the company to the kingdom, and how oil and Aramco quickly became America's largest single overseas private enterprise. From the establishment in the 1930s of a Jim Crow system in the Dhahran oil camps, to the consolidation of America's Kingdom under the House of Fahd, the royal faction that still rules today, this is a meticulously researched account of Aramco as a microcosm of the colonial order.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2009
First published:	March 2009
Authors:	Robert Vitalis
Dimensions:	208 x 140 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	408
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84467-313-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > Petroleum & oil industries
LSN:	1-84467-313-8
Barcode:	9781844673131

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