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100 1  Simpson, William. 
245 14 The prince :|bthe secret story of the world's most 
       intriguing royal, prince Bandar bin Sultan /|cWilliam 
       Simpson. 
246 30 Bandar bin Sultan 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bRegan Books,|c[2006] 
264  4 |c©2006 
300    x, 480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (some color) ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-467) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tForeword /|rNelson Mandela --|tForewlord /|rBaroness 
       Margaret Thatcher --|gA|tnote on sources --|tPrologue --
       |tIntroduction --|g1.|tWho is Prince Bandar? --|g2.
       |tFighter pilot Prince --|g3. The|ttip of the iceberg --
       |g4. The|tyears of intrigue --|g5.|tBandar the arms dealer
       --|g6. A|tnew world order --|g7. The|tgulf explodes --|g8.
       |tPeace in the Middle East --|g9. The|tinvisible 
       ambassador --|g10.|t9/11 cataclysm --|g11.|tFriends and 
       the traveling court --|g12. The|tprivate Prince Bandar --
       |g13.|tBandar : the enigma revealed --|g14. A|tnew life --
       |tAcknowledgments --|tNotes --|tIndex. 
520    A riveting portrait of one of the most enigmatic yet 
       influential powerbrokers in America - Prince Bandar bin 
       Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, the Saudi Arabian 
       Ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005. For the
       last two and a half decades, the United States and Saudi 
       Arabia have had a very special relationship - through war,
       oil crises, and global terrorism. At a time when 
       understanding our friends is as important as knowing our 
       enemies, understanding Prince Bandar bin Sultan may be the
       key to figuring out the Saudis. As the illegitimate son of
       a Saudi prince and a servant girl, Prince Bandar overcame 
       his unrecognized beginnings to rise through the ranks of 
       the Royal Saudi Air Force. Through his work with President
       Carter on the sale of F-15s to Saudi Arabia and his vital 
       behind-the-scenes help in getting the Panama Canal Treaty 
       through Congress, Bandar became one of Saudi Arabiaʼs 
       brightest diplomatic stars - leading to his appointment as
       the Ambassador to the United States. 
520    As Ambassador, Bandar worked with President Reagan and CIA
       Director Bill Casey to win the Cold War with Saudi 
       petrodollars. Seemingly in the thick of some of the most 
       important world events of the last twenty-five years, 
       Bandar played a key role in the Iran-Contra affair; 
       convinced President Gorbachev to withdraw the Soviet 
       military from Afghanistan; and negotiated an end to the 
       Iran-Iraq war among others. A Machiavellian manipulator 
       and a master tactician on the global chessboard, Bandar 
       has had unmatched access to the Oval Office. George H. W. 
       Bush took The Prince and his family fishing; Nancy Reagan 
       used him to convey messages to her husbandʼs Cabinet; 
       Colin Powell would drop by to play racquetball. During the
       Gulf War, Prince Bandar even became a de facto member of 
       the National Security Council. In this biography, William 
       Simpson pulls back the curtain for the first time on the 
       fascinating and startling life of a man of contradictions 
       - equally at home in the royal palace in Riyadh as on the 
       ski slopes of Aspen or playing hardball politics with 
       international heads of state; a super-wealthy playboy yet 
       a devoted family man; an expert in subterfuge and 
       misdirection, yet a straight talker trusted the world 
       over; a man of peace and yet the biggest arms dealer in 
       the world - who emerged throughout the 1980s and ʼ90s as 
       one of the driving forces behind American foreign policy. 
       Book jacket. 
520    Also includes information on Crown Prince Abdullah, Al-
       Yamamah, Arab-Israeli peace process, Yasser Arafat, James 
       Baker, King Fahd, Gulf War, Sadam Hussein, Israel/
       Palestinian issue, Khobar bombing, Lockerbie Affair, 
       Madrid Peace Conference, 9/11 investigation, etc. 
600 10 Bin Sultan, Bandar,|cPrince. 
650  0 Princes|zSaudi Arabia|vBiography. 
650  0 Ambassadors|zSaudi Arabia|vBiography. 
651  0 Saudi Arabia|xForeign relations|zUnited States. 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|zSaudi Arabia. 
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