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Author Cooper, Andrew Scott.

Title The oil kings : how the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia changed the balance of power in the Middle East / Andrew Scott Cooper.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, [2011]
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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  327.73055 COO    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  327.73055 C78    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  327.73055 COOPER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  327.73 CO    Check Shelf
Edition First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
Description 530 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-511) and index.
Summary Reveals the covert agreements that prompted America's decision to switch allegiance from Iran to Saudi Arabia as a dominant Middle-East oil supplier, citing the contributions of key players from Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger to the Shah and Gerald Ford while explaining how choices in the 1970s set the stage for Iran's Islamic revolution.
Contents Gladiator. A kind of super man ; Guardian of the Gulf ; Marital vows ; Contingencies ; Oil shock ; Cruel summer -- Showdown. Screaming eagle ; Potomac Scheherazade ; Henry's wars ; The spirit of '76 ; Royal flush ; Oil war -- The last hurrah.
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Iran -- Politics and government -- 1941-1979.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Iran -- History -- 20th century.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Saudi Arabia -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781439155172: $28.00
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