ISBN : 9782296065321
UNCOMMON VALUES: IS IT TIME FOR AN AMERICAN-SAUDI DIVORCE?
Robert W. Jordan
It is commonly believed that the relationship between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia dates back to the legendary meeting between King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud and President Franklin Roosevelt aboard the warship U.S.S. Quincy on February 14, 1945, in the Great Bitter Lake of the Suez Canal. Indeed, that meeting was historic. The two leaders met for the first time and solidified a relationship that would survive numerous strains and tensions over the next 60 years. They met on the deck of the Quincy after Roosevelt' s summit meeting at Yalta. Two months after the meeting Roosevelt would...